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From: | David Douthitt |
Subject: | Re: [PATCH] OS X Resource Fork and FinderType support |
Date: | Mon, 18 Aug 2003 16:55:10 -0500 |
On Monday, August 18, 2003, at 12:21 PM, David Botsch wrote:
So, files on the Macintosh can have up to 3 parts, if you will
The problem is this: commandline unix tools and unix system calls underOS X don't understand resource forks and metadata. So, if you cp or mv afile, you'll still have the data fork but will have lost the resource fork and metadata. Note, though, that this can be useful for splitting off data forks.
The version of rsync on MacOS X is rsync 2.4.6 enhanced for OS X by Kevin A. Boyd. In fact, using this version of rsync causes problems when used with standard UNIX hosts as it complains of missing files... forks, presumably.
PS: Trimming your replies are a good idea! -- David Douthitt david@douthitt.net UNIX SysAdmin - HP/UX, UnixWare, Linux LPIC-1, Linux+
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