Re: [gentoo-user] rsync from ext3 to vfat?

On 02/17/2012 03:12 PM, Mark Knecht wrote:
>    I'm looking for what rsync options I can use to copy existing files
> on an ext3 file system to an external eSATA drive formatted with vfat.
> I think I want to match only the name, creation date & file size. The
> eSATA drive needs to be vfat due to limitations of the audio/video
> device it will be plugged into.

rsync works just fine with any normal set of options when using any sort
of FAT as a destination.  There are, of course, a couple of gotchas:

  - FAT has limitations on file sizes.
  - FAT cannot store permissions or ACLs
  - FAT does not support extended attributes

Other than that, though, you should be good.

	--- Mike

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