Re: [rdiff-backup-users] [PATCH] Full Support for Mac metadata

[Ben Escoto]

>>>>> John Goerzen <address@hidden>
>>>>> wrote the following on Wed, 17 Dec 2003 21:35:50 -0600

> I have attached a diff against 0.13.3 that implements full support for
> Mac metadata as I proposed on this list a month or so ago.
> Specifically, it adds storage of:
> 
>  * 4-byte creator
>  * 4-byte type
>  * integer flags
>  * dual integer location
> 
> Combined with the existing resource fork code, this makes rdiff-backup
> fully capable of backing up any MacOS X machine to any machine
> rdiff-backup supports, independant of whether the destination supports
> this information.  It can also perform a full restore from the
> destination using this knowledge.  I have successfully backed up data
> files lacking extensions (where this info is the only way the Mac knows
> how to open them) and actual applications.
> 
> I have tested backups and restores with this code in the following
> scenarios:
> 
>  * Backing up Mac to Mac (support on both ends)
>  * Backing up Mac to Linux (support on source only)
>  * Backing up Linux to Linux (support on neither)
>
> Really, like the other metadata, whether or not the destination supports
> it is irrelevant, since it all goes into the metadata file anyway.
> 
> This is known to work with Panther.  YMMV on earlier versions, though it
> should work there too.

Awesome!  This looks like a great contribution that will really help
any mac/rdiff-backup users.  I will skim it soon and check it in if
there are no big problems.

Sorry to have taken so long to notice this.  (Although if I thought
stuff like this was waiting for me on the list I might not have taken
so long :-))


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Ben Escoto