Comments on: Fixing rsync on Tiger http://mjtsai.com/blog/2006/01/16/fixing-rsync-on-tiger/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 02:19:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: blue80 http://mjtsai.com/blog/2006/01/16/fixing-rsync-on-tiger/#comment-131359 blue80 Thu, 30 Aug 2007 11:06:26 +0000 http://mjtsai.com/blog/2006/01/16/fixing-rsync-on-tiger/#comment-131359 After many hours and much fiddling trying to get backup happening. Rsync Lart 2.6.6 Darwinports version finally works for me on Tiger http://rsync-lart.darwinports.com/ Well as good as it can....see Backup Bouncer for independent testing of capability: http://www.n8gray.org/blog/2007/04/27/introducing-backup-bouncer/ After many hours and much fiddling trying to get backup happening. Rsync Lart 2.6.6 Darwinports version finally works for me on Tiger

http://rsync-lart.darwinports.com/

Well as good as it can....see Backup Bouncer for independent testing of capability:
http://www.n8gray.org/blog/2007/04/27/introducing-backup-bouncer/

]]> By: Michael http://mjtsai.com/blog/2006/01/16/fixing-rsync-on-tiger/#comment-11436 Michael Tue, 17 Jan 2006 00:34:04 +0000 http://mjtsai.com/blog/2006/01/16/fixing-rsync-on-tiger/#comment-11436 The .noindex trick doesn't seem very practical in my case. The .noindex trick doesn't seem very practical in my case.

]]> By: maurits http://mjtsai.com/blog/2006/01/16/fixing-rsync-on-tiger/#comment-11435 maurits Mon, 16 Jan 2006 23:46:38 +0000 http://mjtsai.com/blog/2006/01/16/fixing-rsync-on-tiger/#comment-11435 This is absolutely great news. I've been waiting for Apple to fix rsync since 10.4.1, but to no avail. Seems to have no particular priority for them, which is a shame. I'd like to use rsync for backup purposes. But I'm still hesitant after this fix. After all, trust is important for any backup tool. When it comes to this patched-up version of rsync, I'm still not quite sure if I should trust it for backing up my valuable data. On a completely unrelated note, have you tried the ".noindex" trick described on Mac OS X hints instead of disabling Spotlight altogether? (I've disabled it, so I couldn't care less, but still curious...). To be honest, this spotlight-related bug also doesn't increase my trust level in rsync :-(. This is absolutely great news. I've been waiting for Apple to fix rsync since 10.4.1, but to no avail. Seems to have no particular priority for them, which is a shame.

I'd like to use rsync for backup purposes. But I'm still hesitant after this fix. After all, trust is important for any backup tool. When it comes to this patched-up version of rsync, I'm still not quite sure if I should trust it for backing up my valuable data.

On a completely unrelated note, have you tried the ".noindex" trick described on Mac OS X hints instead of disabling Spotlight altogether? (I've disabled it, so I couldn't care less, but still curious...). To be honest, this spotlight-related bug also doesn't increase my trust level in rsync :-(.

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