chattr

[pll at lanminds.com]

In a message dated: Tue, 28 Jan 2003 11:39:04 EST
Marc Evans said:

>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?

Hmmm, I think this might be because rsync (and other copy programs) 
do not look at file attributes, but only ownership, permissions, and the
like.
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Paul
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