Comments on: Getting Filevault on a HFS+ Case-Sensitive Filesystem

By: admin

admin — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 13:43:21 +0000

Thank you all for the tips and fixes, I updated the code already.
:)

By: The Happy Space Invader

The Happy Space Invader — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 07:49:15 +0000

Oops – type above!

tar cf – * | dd | (cd /Users/myusername; tar xf – )

By the way, you can use this method for copying filesystem structures between two computers as well with a slight modification:

tar cf – * | dd | ssh 10.0.1.132 ” cd /home/bob; dd | tar xvf – “

By: The Happy Space Invader

The Happy Space Invader — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 07:45:52 +0000

Much better option for the final stage is to run a back-to-back tar into a subshell. That way you preserve your files’ timestamps, permissions and also get all those hidden dot-files.

cd /Users/myusername.bak
tar cd – * | dd | ( cd /Users/myusername; tar xf – )

By: fake

fake — Wed, 13 May 2009 15:47:17 +0000

another thing: the cp command misses the hidden dot-files in the user’s home, for example .gnupg. don’t forget to copy that over and chown it, too!

By: fake

fake — Wed, 13 May 2009 15:32:44 +0000

hi fred,

the -a option to cp (step 6) is not supported under os x. cp -rp should work, though.

anyway, thanks for the hint, i’m trying it now …