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From: Wes Groleau on 24 Jun 2010 23:34 On 06-24-2010 09:08, Art Werschulz wrote: > Does drag-n-drop also move dotfiles? You can't drag a file you can't see. But if you drag a directory to another volume, it's dot-files won't be omitted from the copying that follows. -- Wes Groleau Worksheet for Saura's “Carmen” http://Ideas.Lang-Learn.us/russell?itemid=997
From: Warren Oates on 25 Jun 2010 07:46 In article <tom_stiller-29ECFF.15320324062010(a)news.individual.net>, Tom Stiller <tom_stiller(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > Does it copy ACLs as well? The newest versions do. -- Very old woody beets will never cook tender. -- Fannie Farmer
From: Warren Oates on 25 Jun 2010 07:48 In article <i00d00$2npi$1(a)adenine.netfront.net>, Calum <com.gmail(a)nospam.scottishwildcat> wrote: > -E, --extended-attributes > Apple specific option to copy extended attributes, resource > forks, and ACLs. Requires at least Mac OS X 10.4 or suitably > patched rsync. It's lying. You need a suitably patched 3.0.x -- Very old woody beets will never cook tender. -- Fannie Farmer
From: Fred Moore on 25 Jun 2010 11:31 In article <i01843$7gk$1(a)news.eternal-september.org>, Wes Groleau <Groleau+news(a)FreeShell.org> wrote: > On 06-24-2010 09:08, Art Werschulz wrote: > > Does drag-n-drop also move dotfiles? > > You can't drag a file you can't see. > But if you drag a directory to another volume, > it's dot-files won't be omitted from the copying that follows. Except if you don't have sufficient permissions for the dot-files or other files within the selected folder. Then they will be left behind with no warning to you. Surprisingly there are a number of files within your home folder to which the user does not have full access/control. sudo rsync, with the appropriate arguments _will_ do the trick however. Disclaimer: I'm a UNIX kindergartener, so take my UNIX comments accordingly. However, I have struggled with this folder copying in the past, so I do have some experience with it.
From: Howard Brazee on 25 Jun 2010 12:47
On Fri, 25 Jun 2010 11:31:49 -0400, Fred Moore <fmoore(a)gcfn.org> wrote: >> You can't drag a file you can't see. >> But if you drag a directory to another volume, >> it's dot-files won't be omitted from the copying that follows. > >Except if you don't have sufficient permissions for the dot-files or >other files within the selected folder. Then they will be left behind >with no warning to you. Surprisingly there are a number of files within >your home folder to which the user does not have full access/control. Hmmm, that's scary. How do I know when/if this is a problem? My standard login does not have administrator rights. -- "In no part of the constitution is more wisdom to be found, than in the clause which confides the question of war or peace to the legislature, and not to the executive department." - James Madison |