On Thu, 2008-02-21 at 23:59 +0100, Vitorio Machado wrote: > This version copies the test files of backup bouncer disk image > except > for some tricky files, like fifos.
Great news! > There is an issue that I don't know if it's a known bug: If I run: > sudo ./rsync -aHXN --fileflags /Volumes/Src/ /Volumes/Dst/80-rsync-test/ > It goes all fine, but > sudo ./rsync -aHXN --fileflags /Volumes/Src /Volumes/Dst/80-rsync-test/ > does not. It's maybe normal because Src, as a mount point, is seen as > an alias, so it refuse to go deeper, as we have NO_FOLLOW options all > into the code. > It's not very clear to me, can somebody explain better this point > saying if it's normal/a bug/a known issue? If /Volumes/Src is an alias, Mac OS X's POSIX filesystem API may be exposing it to rsync as a zero-length regular file. See if the second command creates a zero-length regular file at /Volumes/Dst/80-rsync-test/Src . Matt -- To unsubscribe or change options: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync Before posting, read: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
