Hi, Right now rsync is unable to preserve extended attributes when copying files. I want to be able to copy files over from one XFS Linux machine to another XFS Linux machine running redhat 7.1 kernel 2.4.19-xfs-1.1 on an i686 over the network and I thought rsync would be better because it supports incremental backup. Also, rsync supports symlinks, while file copy using rcp, scp, and smbfs do not.
I was wondering if you knew where rsync does the actual file copy/transfer so I could try to add extended attribute functionality. I was thinking about adding code that is similar to getfattr and setfattr to rsync so that when a file is copied/transfered, the attributes are saved (getfattr), the file is copied/transferred, then the attributes are restored (setfattr). I'm not sure if this is a good approach to doing this task, so if anyone has comments or suggestions, please let me know. If anyone has been working on this type of project, please get in touch with me because I will be more than willing to help out. Thanks, ~Eric -- To unsubscribe or change options: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync Before posting, read: http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
