Re: Selective Compression/Encryption

Joshua J. Berry
2008-12-10T18:11:46Z

On Wednesday 10 December 2008 05:44:47 Chris Mason wrote:
[snip]
> The second is using xattr programs to set the flag, which I don't really
> have an opinion on. The idea of having the flags backed up by backup
> programs or rsync is really nice, but do any of the backup programs
> actually copy out all the xattrs?

rsync has the -X option. rdiff-backup autodetects whether xattrs are
supported.

Those are the programs I use; dunno about others.

-- Josh

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