2008-06-17 Advanced Rsync Issues

So I’m trying to use rsync to backup stuff on my various servers out there to my newly acquired external disks. Just in case the hosting providers are having backup issues. ;)

rsync

The source system is a GNU/Linux system using ext3, the target is a Mac using HFS+. That is, the target uses a slightly modified normal form D instead of normal form C UTF-8 , and the target is not case sensitive – it is case-preserving only. The mind recoils in fear!

ext3

HFS+

UTF-8

The first part of the problem is addressed in the rsync FAQ rsync recopies the same files:

rsync recopies the same files

rsync --archive --verbose --compress  --delete --delete-excluded \
--exclude '/org.emacswiki/logs' \
--iconv=UTF-8,UTF8-MAC \
aschroeder@thinkmo.de:/org/org.emacswiki thinkmo.de

Except:

rsync: --iconv=UTF-8,UTF8-MAC: unknown option

Oh no, here we go again... 🙁

• Update*: Building rsync from source was painless. Yay!!

But now:

rsync: on remote machine: --iconv=UTF8-MAC: unknown option

Noooo!

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