From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1RyW32-0002el-GP for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Fri, 17 Feb 2012 22:13:02 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 3182BE095C; Fri, 17 Feb 2012 22:12:50 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-iy0-f181.google.com (mail-iy0-f181.google.com [209.85.210.181]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A419AE078A for ; Fri, 17 Feb 2012 22:11:51 +0000 (UTC) Received: by iakl21 with SMTP id l21so6851180iak.40 for ; Fri, 17 Feb 2012 14:11:51 -0800 (PST) Received-SPF: pass (google.com: domain of manuel.mclure@gmail.com designates 10.42.144.196 as permitted sender) client-ip=10.42.144.196; Authentication-Results: mr.google.com; spf=pass (google.com: domain of manuel.mclure@gmail.com designates 10.42.144.196 as permitted sender) smtp.mail=manuel.mclure@gmail.com Received: from mr.google.com ([10.42.144.196]) by 10.42.144.196 with SMTP id c4mr10975409icv.39.1329516711002 (num_hops = 1); Fri, 17 Feb 2012 14:11:51 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.42.144.196 with SMTP id c4mr8661270icv.39.1329516710911; Fri, 17 Feb 2012 14:11:50 -0800 (PST) Received: from mail-iy0-f181.google.com (mail-iy0-f181.google.com [209.85.210.181]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id f26sm16993768ibc.9.2012.02.17.14.11.50 (version=SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Fri, 17 Feb 2012 14:11:50 -0800 (PST) Received: by iakl21 with SMTP id l21so6851166iak.40 for ; Fri, 17 Feb 2012 14:11:50 -0800 (PST) Received-SPF: pass (google.com: domain of manuel@mclure.org designates 10.50.168.10 as permitted sender) client-ip=10.50.168.10; Received: from mr.google.com ([10.50.168.10]) by 10.50.168.10 with SMTP id zs10mr14013945igb.11.1329516710172 (num_hops = 1); Fri, 17 Feb 2012 14:11:50 -0800 (PST) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.50.168.10 with SMTP id zs10mr11083197igb.11.1329516710133; Fri, 17 Feb 2012 14:11:50 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.231.69.148 with HTTP; Fri, 17 Feb 2012 14:11:50 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <4F3EC094.4080906@trausch.us> References: <4F3EC094.4080906@trausch.us> Date: Fri, 17 Feb 2012 14:11:50 -0800 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] rsync from ext3 to vfat? From: Manuel McLure To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Archives-Salt: ca022538-5c64-4f62-87b5-030b17c5bd4c X-Archives-Hash: 3f2b5c479a9c4823c69f6305275963c7 On Fri, Feb 17, 2012 at 1:03 PM, mike@trausch.us wrote: > rsync works just fine with any normal set of options when using any sort > of FAT as a destination. =C2=A0There are, of course, a couple of gotchas: > > =C2=A0- FAT has limitations on file sizes. > =C2=A0- FAT cannot store permissions or ACLs > =C2=A0- FAT does not support extended attributes > > Other than that, though, you should be good. Add "FAT considers two filenames that are the same except for case as the same filename" to that list. NTFS has the same limitation. --=20 Manuel A. McLure WW1FA ...for in Ulthar, according to an ancient and significant law, no man may kill a cat.=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2= =A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0=C2=A0 -- H.P. Lovecraft