Feature Request: OS X / hfs+ / resources fork

[Wesley D Craig]

This thread covers this idea:

	http://lists.samba.org/archive/rsync/2004-March/008827.html

I think someone may be working on an implementation.

:wes

On 27 Apr 2004, at 23:35, Stephen SM WONG wrote:
> rsync is a very useful tool for me to backup from Max OS X
> to a linux server.  However, would developers please add one
> feature:
>
> When rsync runs on an OS X machine and the source files are
> in hfs+ (or hfs) filesystem, copy the resources fork to a
> file with filename starts with a dot and append the original
> filename.  That's the current behaviour of samba client on
> OS X interacting with samba server on linux.
>
> The feature is important, as without the resources fork,
> some programs (like ProTools and Media 100 NLE) refuse to
> open the copied files.
>
> Thank you for consideration.
>
> Stephen Wong @ Hong Kong