chattr

[Steven W. Orr]

On Tue, 28 Jan 2003, Marc Evans wrote:

=>Hello -
=>
=>I am trying to find a program, ideally rsync, that preserves attributes
=>set by chattr, when a file is copied. For example, consider the following:
=>
=>	cd /var/tmp
=>	touch foo
=>	chattr +i foo
=>	rsync foo bar
=>	lsattr foo bar
=>
=>I have experimented with several different programs, but have not found
=>anything that seems to archive those file attributes. Have any of you
=>encountered this and if so, how do you address it?
=>
=>Thanks - Marc
You're going to have to write it yourself. Doesn't look too hard. Here's a
scheme. Have your backup create a file called fn.chattr by running lsattr
for every file you copy. Then process the .chattr file by running a set of
chattr commands. Clean up by removing the .chattr files.

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