Package applersync-2.6.3-5
| System | Binary Distributions | CVS/rsync Source Distributions | |
|---|---|---|---|
10.5/i386 | |||
10.5/powerpc | |||
10.4/i386 | 2.6.3-5 | ||
10.4/powerpc | |||
10.3 * | |||
10.2 (gcc3.3 only) * | |||
| Description: | Tiger's rsync w/ HFS+ support (patched) (2.6.3-5) | |
From http://lartmaker.nl/rsync/:
Many files on HFS+, the Mac's most common file system, have metadata. This
is partly a leftover from the past (resource forks), and partly a new
development (ACLs, extended attributes). Plain rsync doesn't (yet) cope
with this metadata.
Since OS X 10.4 (aka Tiger) the MacOS ships with a modified version of
rsync. [sic] An added option, -E, enables the transfer of extended
attributes. This is done by encapsulating the resource fork, Finder data
et al in a synthetic file which is added to the rsync transfer list. The
name of this file is formed by prepending ._ to the name of the original
file, a technique which is also used when copying data from HFS+
partitions to non-Apple file systems such as NFS mounts. It may not be
pretty or foolproof (what happens when both foo and ._foo exist?), but at
least it's documented by Apple and not likely to change in the very near
future. This rsync derivative is based on rsync-2.6.3.
See also:
http://www.opensource.apple.com/apsl/
http://www.fsf.org/licensing/essays/apsl.html | ||
| Section: | net | |
| Maintainer: | Matthew Bogosian <mattATbogosianDOTnet> | |
| Website: | http://lartmaker.nl/rsync/ | |
| License: | GPL | |
| Info-File: | dists/10.4/unstable/main/finkinfo/net/applersync.info CVS log, Last Changed: Thu, 01 Mar 2007 17:36:20 (UTC) | |
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