[lug] Re: rsync and vfat file systems

[Stephen Queen]

On 4/20/07, Stephen Queen <svqueen at gmail.com> wrote:
> I have a data logger that runs Linux. The people who process the data
> all use Windows. I decided to set up a quick way of transfering the
> data using a memory stick . There is a script running that watches for
> the stick to be plugged in and the data logging program to finish. It
> then does an rsync from the data files on the data logger to the
> memory stick.
>
> The problem seems to be that rsync always copies all the files to the
> stick when it is using a vfat file system. It works like advertised on
> an ext3 file system.
>
> Is there a way to get rsync to work with vfat?
>

Actually found the answer myself just after pressing send.
http://www.osnews.com/story.php/9681/The-vfat-file-system-and-Linux

Thanks,
Steve Queen