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Re: [rdiff-backup-users] [PATCH] Full Support for Mac metadata
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Ben Escoto |
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Re: [rdiff-backup-users] [PATCH] Full Support for Mac metadata |
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Tue, 27 Jan 2004 18:43:24 -0800 |
>>>>> John Goerzen <address@hidden>
>>>>> wrote the following on Wed, 17 Dec 2003 21:35:50 -0600
> I have attached a diff against 0.13.3 that implements full support for
> Mac metadata as I proposed on this list a month or so ago.
> Specifically, it adds storage of:
>
> * 4-byte creator
> * 4-byte type
> * integer flags
> * dual integer location
>
> Combined with the existing resource fork code, this makes rdiff-backup
> fully capable of backing up any MacOS X machine to any machine
> rdiff-backup supports, independant of whether the destination supports
> this information. It can also perform a full restore from the
> destination using this knowledge. I have successfully backed up data
> files lacking extensions (where this info is the only way the Mac knows
> how to open them) and actual applications.
>
> I have tested backups and restores with this code in the following
> scenarios:
>
> * Backing up Mac to Mac (support on both ends)
> * Backing up Mac to Linux (support on source only)
> * Backing up Linux to Linux (support on neither)
>
> Really, like the other metadata, whether or not the destination supports
> it is irrelevant, since it all goes into the metadata file anyway.
>
> This is known to work with Panther. YMMV on earlier versions, though it
> should work there too.
Awesome! This looks like a great contribution that will really help
any mac/rdiff-backup users. I will skim it soon and check it in if
there are no big problems.
Sorry to have taken so long to notice this. (Although if I thought
stuff like this was waiting for me on the list I might not have taken
so long :-))
--
Ben Escoto
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