rsync time machine backup permissions

[Michael]

On 2018-03-19, at 3:22 AM, Andre Althoff via rsync <rsync at lists.samba.org> wrote:

> Dear rsync users,
> 
> I'm trying to copy my Time Machine Backup from my old USB hard drive to a new one. I got error messages, because rsync don't create group and other permissions.
> 
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Instead of using rsync, can you use disk utility to copy the disc image from your old drive your new drive?

Unless rsync is smart enough to know how to do hard links on directories (a new feature added to the file system to support Time Machine), the copy will not work anyways


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