I am copying to a non HFS partition.  Should I be worried about files
ending with .doc, .pdf, and other similar files?

Thanks.

> OS X relies on the file extension, so as long as you have .doc, .pdf, etc.
> added to the file name, you shouldn't have problems.
>
> I have not worked with rsyncX, so I am not sure how it transfers the
> files,
> but I think it is supposed to copy the resource forks too. If you are
> copying to a non HFS partition though, that is where they may get lost.
>
>
> Mike
>
>
> On 5/24/04 5:50 PM, "Steve Swantz" <listbox at nwaalpa.org> wrote:
>
>> Eric Peterson wrote:
>>
>>> I now want to sync the same files with a Mac OS X workstation, but the
>>> whole resource fork problem is getting in the way.  Most of the
>>> documents
>>> are Word documents if that helps.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>> I've been using rsyncX (check www.versiontracker.com) to rsync between
>> Macs and from some Linux boxes to a Mac. Not sure about putting files
>> with a resource fork on a Linux box - maybe rsyncX to an HFS partition
>> on a Linux box?
>>
>> rsyncX will overwrite Apples rsync, so be sure to make a copy first.
>>
>> Steve
>>
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