rsyncX is mac-to-mac only. Check out this page:
http://www.quesera.com/reynhout/misc/rsync+hfsmode/ which should do pretty much what you want. On Wed, May 25, 2005 at 08:23:38PM -0400, Andrew Gideon wrote: > > We currently do backup using rsync amongst Linux and Solaris machines. > Modulo an ACL issue that we had to patch, this is working extremely well. > > But I want to add our OSX machines to the mix. This is, unfortunately, > leaving me confused about rsyncx. > > I can do the normal thing from OSX using rsync. But the page for rsyncx > says - cryptically, in my ignorant opinion - that rsyncx adds support for > HFS+. > > Is this important? More, does it make a difference if the target of the > backup is not OSX but Linux (and is therefore not running either rsyncx or > HFS+)? > > If I'm backing up an OSX machine running rsync to a Linux machine, am I > missing something that will prevent successful/complete restores? Is this > solved by backing up from OSX running rsyncx to a Linux machine running > rsync? Or can this only be solved by using OSX as the backup target (which > isn't terribly likely in my current environment)? > > Thanks for any insight into this... > > Andrew > > -- > To unsubscribe or change options: > https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync > Before posting, read: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html danno -- dan pritts - systems administrator - internet2 734/352-4953 office 734/834-7224 mobile -- To unsubscribe or change options: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync Before posting, read: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html