Re: [PATCH] OS X Resource Fork and FinderType support

[David Douthitt]

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 under
> OS X don't understand resource forks and metadata. So, if you cp or mv 
> a
> file, 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!
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David Douthitt
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UNIX SysAdmin - HP/UX, UnixWare, Linux
LPIC-1, Linux+