it doesn't, and OS X does use them/have them. You should use RsyncX: http://archive.macosxlabs.org/rsyncx/rsyncx.html It works exactly the same as rsync (it used to replace it, but now it installs into a different path). On Apr 6, 2005, at 3:12 AM, Timothy Luoma wrote: > I'm not sure that rsync handles resource forks, but all my files are > OS X so I don't think that's as much of a concern (I could be wrong, I > don't know much about resource forks). >