chown errors?

[Jeffrey Ellis]

> Hi--
> 
> I just tried my first rsync operation. I got a couple of errors I don¹t
> understand. Could someone explain what might be happening here?
> 
> Please know that I am working in rsync for Mac OS 10.4, which includes a few
> odd options discussed in previous posts.
> 
> The original command was:
> 
> time rsync -a -v -e ssh /'Applications' '/Volumes/Firewire 400/Test' --eahfs
> --showtogo --update
> 
> The output for the part reporting the error was:
> 
> chown "/Volumes/Firewire 400/Test/Applications/Adobe Reader 7.0/Adobe Reader
> 7.0.app/Contents/Plug-ins/PictureTasks.acroplugin/PictureTasks" failed: No
> such file or directory
> Applications/Adobe Reader 7.0/Adobe Reader
> 7.0.app/Contents/Plug-ins/PictureTasks.acroplugin/PictureTasks ->
> Versions/A/PictureTasks
> chown "/Volumes/Firewire 400/Test/Applications/Adobe Reader 7.0/Adobe Reader
> 7.0.app/Contents/Plug-ins/PictureTasks.acroplugin/Resources" failed: No such
> file or directory
> 
> 
> When I looked in the source directory, I saw that all files in the directory
> were both present, but were what are called ³aliases² to Mac users,
> ³shortcuts² to Windows users.
> 
> Are these considered linked files or are they some other breed altogether?
> 
> All My Best,
> Jeffrey


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