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Re: [rdiff-backup-users] Re: Mac resource fork question
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Ben Escoto |
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Re: [rdiff-backup-users] Re: Mac resource fork question |
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Thu, 6 Nov 2003 14:12:29 -0800 |
On Thu, 06 Nov 2003 10:18:46 -0600 John Goerzen <address@hidden> wrote:
> > No, just resource forks. I didn't even know there were other
> > pieces of Mac metadata.
>
> I am not an expert on Macs here, but here is what I believe is the
> case.
>
> Yes, there are three pieces: creator, type, and resource fork.
...
It sounds easy enough to add this. There would be four steps:
1. Make rpath.py's setdata() add creator and type to rpath.data
dictionary.
2. Add creator and type to the attributes that metadata.py
saves/restores.
3. Change copy_attribs() in rpath.py to write creator and type.
4. Add test cases for these in metadatatest.py and rpathtest.py.
...assuming of course that resource forks and these other types are
supported or not supported as a group.
But there's no point in me doing it since I don't have a Mac.
Probably what will happen is someone will ask about this later, and
maybe eventually someone with a Mac will actually add this. So to
prepare for this day I put this discussion at:
http://rdiff-backup.solutionsfirst.com.au/index.php/MacMetadata
and linked to it from SuggestedFeatures.
--
Ben Escoto
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