James Kyle wrote at about 09:02:14 -0700 on Tuesday, October 6, 2009: > > On Oct 5, 2009, at 5:47 PM, Vaughan Roberts wrote: > > > I have been using backuppc to backup win-boxes onto a Linux server > > using cygwin rsync running on the win-boxes. Now I am trying to use > > backuppc on some Macs (OS X), but I am having difficulty get it to > > work. > > The setup and configuration is generally the same as on linux. What > specifically are you having problems with? > > > There have been some comments that rsync is not a good option for > > the Mac due to its file system. Is this still valid? > This is not still valid. The opinion circulated due tot the lack of > extended attribute and resource fork support in older versions of > rsync released with osx. This just meant that the data you got off a > mac was as metadataless as that gained from any other linux or bsd > machine. > > If you were unconcerned about preserving meta data or resource forks, > it was not an issue. (OS X has rarely, if ever uses resource forks > anymore) > > Rsync now handles these. But unfortunately BackupPC and in particular perl-File-RsyncP do not. So BackupPC will only back up the file data and not the metada such as resource forks.
I am a strong advocate of extending BackupPC to allow for backing up extended attributes and acls -- this would be useful for Macs (as noted here), Linux (e.g., SELinux), and Windows (ACLs). It seems like such a useful and necessary extension if you want to be able to have a true backup system that gets as close as possible to bare metal backups. > > > Is anyone able to point me to a good source of information about > > using backuppc with the Mac? > The backuppc documentation itself is quite good. If you get everything > running, I have launchd.plists for daemonizing both backuppc and its > httpd daemon. > > -james > > > > On a second point, do the machine based config files in the pc > > directory over-rule the config.pl file? For example can I use rsync > > on the win-boxes and tar for the Macs by specifying this in the > > machine configuration files? > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Come build with us! The BlackBerry® Developer Conference in SF, CA > > is the only developer event you need to attend this year. Jumpstart > > your > > developing skills, take BlackBerry mobile applications to market and > > stay > > ahead of the curve. Join us from November 9-12, 2009. Register > > now! > > http://p.sf.net/sfu/devconf_______________________________________________ > > BackupPC-users mailing list > > BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net > > List: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users > > Wiki: http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net > > Project: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/ > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Come build with us! The BlackBerry® Developer Conference in SF, CA > is the only developer event you need to attend this year. Jumpstart your > developing skills, take BlackBerry mobile applications to market and stay > ahead of the curve. Join us from November 9-12, 2009. Register now! > http://p.sf.net/sfu/devconf > _______________________________________________ > BackupPC-users mailing list > BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net > List: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users > Wiki: http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net > Project: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/ > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Come build with us! The BlackBerry(R) Developer Conference in SF, CA is the only developer event you need to attend this year. Jumpstart your developing skills, take BlackBerry mobile applications to market and stay ahead of the curve. Join us from November 9 - 12, 2009. Register now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/devconference _______________________________________________ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net List: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki: http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net Project: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/
