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By: Jungle Disk » What does “extended metadata backup” mean?

Jungle Disk » What does “extended metadata backup” mean? — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 12:02:07 +0000

[...] most difficult systems to backup and restore correctly. Fortunately there is a great tool called Backup Bouncer that can be used to verify metadata backup and restore for Mac backup software. I’ll let the [...]

By: n8gray.org: Backup Bouncer 0.2.0

n8gray.org: Backup Bouncer 0.2.0 — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 01:50:03 +0000

[...] up Backup Bouncer 0.2.0, with the major change being that it now builds on Snow Leopard. Get it at the usual place. BB used to include a program called ctool that I had thought about using but never actually used. [...]

By: [Mac] file copy | keyongtech

[Mac] file copy | keyongtech — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 21:07:38 +0000

[...] out ditto(1). You presumably already know this, but avoid shutil at all costs. BackupBouncer (http://www.n8gray.org/code/backup-bouncer/) makes testing what gets preserved by various methods of copying quick and easy. The results for a [...]

By: Using rsync to backup from OSX to linux | KernelCrash

Using rsync to backup from OSX to linux | KernelCrash — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 08:15:41 +0000

[...] patches for OSX (fileflags and crtimes patches). It installs under /opt/local/bin. I also installed backup-bouncer which can create an OSX volume containing a set of test files, each with some of the more unusual [...]

By: Backup on Mac OS X: Testing MimMac with Backup Bouncer

Backup on Mac OS X: Testing MimMac with Backup Bouncer — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 15:48:32 +0000

[...] called Backup Bouncer and like the bouncer in a bar Backup Bouncer is there to keep the patrons honest. It will let you [...]

By: n8gray.org: More Backup Bouncer

n8gray.org: More Backup Bouncer — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 23:09:49 +0000

[...] just released Backup Bouncer 0.1.3. I’ve changed the output format to print the “priority” of a test along with its [...]

By: Joe’s Amazing Technicolor Weblog » Blog Archive » the stable rdiff-backup is not looking so hot for metadata on OS X

Fri, 06 Jun 2008 16:33:00 +0000

[...] of getting all of the various forms of OS X metadata backed up. Some research revealed the tool Backup Bouncer, which provides a way to run some tricky tests on any OS X backup system. Here I’m using the [...]

By: The Evolving World of Mac Backup Software | IT blog

The Evolving World of Mac Backup Software | IT blog — Sat, 31 May 2008 14:08:56 +0000

[...] some important attributes. I’ve been using a command-line tool written by Nate Gray called Backup Bouncer to automate the testing of how well various programs handle these many sorts of metadata. I [...]

By: Using rsync with extended attributes « UNIX Administratosphere

Using rsync with extended attributes « UNIX Administratosphere — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 10:13:32 +0000

[...] However, rsync has had problems preserving extended attributes such as the Finder data and resource forks from MacOS X. Kyle Crawford has done an excellent write-up on the state of MacOS X extended attributes support in rsync 3.0.0-pre7 (a prerelease of 3.0), and it looks like the problems with rsync may be over. This is indeed good news. He used a tool called backup-bouncer to verify the MacOS X metadata; this tool looks very useful. [...]

By: rsync 3.0 looking very promising « Pattern Buffer:

rsync 3.0 looking very promising « Pattern Buffer: — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 06:01:25 +0000

[...] Metadata tests: I recently found backup bouncer, which runs a multitude of tests on metadata preservation. [...]

By: n8gray.org: Backup Bouncer 0.1.2

n8gray.org: Backup Bouncer 0.1.2 — Sun, 04 Nov 2007 05:58:33 +0000

[...] I just uploaded Backup Bouncer 0.1.2 for your backup-tool-testing pleasure. Get it at the usual place. Not a whole lot has changed, but there’s a fix to extended attribute handling that solves some problems in Leopard. Andreas Fuchs provided a patch for this and also mentioned that SuperDuper can’t handle dangling symlinks! I haven’t verified this, but if it’s true it’s a pretty huge failure for an otherwise excellent tool. In any case, I added a case to the symlink test to check for it. [...]

By: Tiger rsync problems - MacNN Forums

Tiger rsync problems - MacNN Forums — Sun, 02 Sep 2007 04:23:15 +0000

[...] Originally Posted by Peter please dont resurrect super old threads. I use 2.6.3 protocol 28 and it works fine – I *thought* all rsync bugs (within reason!) were fixed in 10.4.9 ? Primarily the bug with meta date (-E) Sorry, but bugs still persist and I couldn’t find any newer threads here. Backup bouncer still records metadata problems with latest version for 10.4.10 – same as yours: n8gray.org: Backup Bouncer I couldn’t get it to work with a mounted remote volume, but that was fixed with patch to rsync (rsync-lart) version 2.6.6 protocol version 29. [...]