I've since got waylaid on an ObjC task, but at the time I noted that I
have Apple's version of "xattr" as well as Apple's Carbon ACL modules.
In the ACL modules it specifically notes that some are non-portable.
Do you have any intention/leaning towards testing for the OS and using
the appropriate imports and methods applicable?
The cygwin NTFS to ACL mapping seems to be a bit broken as of last
checking. Quite frankly, I don't really have any need for ACLs at this
stage. The majority of restores are single files or directorys with
classic style simple permissions. I don't know anyone who uses ACLs alot
on their data shares, and indeed the only people I do know who use them,
end up tying themselves in knots with them.
Also (and you don't have to answer as I'll get back to RTFM and studying
the source) I noticed a post today about bootability. I was thinking
(hoping
of creating a volume clone with "asr" and using rdiff-backup
against such. This in lieu of rsync and fancy
incrementals/snapshotting. Am I in outer space again?
No I think that might work. From a windows perspective, it looks like
ASR images are like ghost images. Large binary files really.
Rdiff-backup works against those files, however don't expect great
increments sizes - sometimes with these binary formats the diffs can be
massive. The exchange bkf file from a windows server is one example -
4GB binary file, add one email and backup again and you get %50 diff. crazy.
dave
