I am having trouble with rsync when I am trying to synchronize a Windows NT volume mounted with smb_fs (FreeBSD) and a unix volume which is also exported with Samba.
There are instances where the DOS short name on the NT volume ends up as upper case and then doesn't match filenames which are used in the unix volumes which have been exported by Samba. I don't know if this is a Samba problem or an rsync problem. The end result is that after using rsync in both directions for a while, I end up with both a lower case and and upper or mixed case version of the same file within the synced directories on the unix volumes because there is no short name alias checking. I think the source of the problem is that the NT file system migrates names between upper and lower case depending on whether a DOS program or a win32 program has created the file. I use both types of tools in my work which is probably the explanation for the problems. I believe a suitable workaround would be to ignore case for file names when the rsync process is undertaken. Is this facility available or planned in the near future? I can send directory listings to demonstrate the problem if necessary. Regards Peter -- Peter R. Tattam [EMAIL PROTECTED] Managing Director, Trumpet Software International Pty Ltd Hobart, Australia, Ph. +61-3-6245-0220, Fax +61-3-62450210 -- To unsubscribe or change options: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync Before posting, read: http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
