On Wed, Oct 29, 2003 at 07:29:59AM +0000, Daniel M. Drucker wrote:
I am using Mike Rubel's snapshot-style rsync to do backups from my web server (Linux) to my desktop (MacOS X). Mostly, this works great, except where case sensitivity (or rather, HFS+'s semi-lack thereof) causes problems.
Specifically, it seems impossible to successfully back up my Linux box's
/usr/share/terminfo, as it contains directories that differ ONLY in
case (e.g., /usr/share/terminfo/X and /usr/share/terminfo/x).
Short of repartitioning my hard drive and making a UFS partition, is there any workaround anyone has come across?
There can be no fix for this. A filesystem that is case insensitive, even if case preserving, is inherently unable to support files whose names differ only in case. Perhaps there is mount option for hfs+ to make it case sensitive. Otherwise you would be better off with a SUS compliant filesystem if you wish to use the hardlinked disk backups.
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Panther (Mac OS X 10.3) has case-sensitive HFS+ filesystems. If you're running Panther Server, the GUI has the option to activate this feature. If you have the non-Server version, you can use the instructions in the web page listed to activate the feature. It sounds like you need to reformat the partition to activate this feature. Unlike Journaled HFS+, which could be (de)activated without even needing a filesystem unmount using the diskutil command, this appears to only be in the newfs_hfs command.
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