Brien Dieterle wrote:
> The ".filename" stuff is called AppleDouble and I think it preserves
> metadata as well in there.
>
> Are you also getting a ton of xfer errors as below? (I did)
> /usr/bin/tar: /tmp/tar.md.Fif1QE: Cannot stat: No such file or directory
> /usr/bin/tar: /tmp/tar.md.b7XePQ: Cannot stat: No such file or directory
> /usr/bin/tar: /tmp/tar.md.QMKDdp: Cannot stat: No such file or directory
>
> I decided the extended attributes were not really necessary for
> disaster recovery and I found you can turn them off via an env variable:
>
> $Conf{TarClientCmd}
> <http://mirror/backuppc/index.cgi?action=view&type=docs#item_%24conf%7btarclientcmd%7d>
> = '$sshPath -q -x -n -l root $host'
> . ' /usr/bin/env LC_ALL=C
> COPY_EXTENDED_ATTRIBUTES_DISABLE=true $tarPath -c -v -f - -C $shareName+'
> . ' --totals'
> . ' --one-file-system';
>
> That cleared up all my tar xfer errors on 10.4
>
> brien
>
What do i miss if I don't backup extended attributes?
John
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