Hello everyone :)
I'd like to follow up on this thread of mine, if that's okay?
Is there anything I could do to get the feature functionality of "using
rsync to create a thin (attributes-only) copy" upstream on the long term?
Could I talk to a developer, for hire?
I'm really professionally interested in such a feature, as it would
greatly make our lives in the galleries-libraries-archives-museums
(GLAM) world :D
Thank you very much in advance!
Peter B.
On 11.12.24 17:17, Peter B. via rsync wrote:
On 12/10/24 21:15, Roland Kletzing wrote:
hello,
that sounds interesting - just one question: what about file size? is
it always zero or is it set to the original size and the file contents
are empty ?
The filesize (IMO) should stay 0 bytes, since the file actually /is/
empty.
I believe forging the filesize number in the filesystem to its source
(original) size would be more misleading than helpful...
When working with xattrs, one gets used to 0-Byte files pretty quickly
though :)
However, I like to store the original filesize as "yet-another"
metadata key/value xattr information with the 0-Byte files. Works like
a charm and so it's clear that "there is no payload" - but it's a
stub, referring to another file.
Regards,
Peter
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