Afsctool Hfs Compression For Mac

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Compression type: decmpfs xattr (3) File content type: com.apple.property-list File size (uncompressed data fork; reported size by Mac OS 10.6+ Finder): 5285 bytes / 5 KB (kilobytes, base-10) File size (compressed data fork): 3068 bytes / 3 KiB Compression savings: 41.9% Number of extended attributes: 0 Total size of extended attribute data: 0.

In the past, when Sky Drive was first created, the SkyDrive Sync Folder on my Computer was compressed via NTFS volume compression and once that happened, my files in SkyDrive got corrupted and I had to restore from a local backup. I dealt with MSFT Pro-Support who ultimately confirmed this to be a bug and fixed it, but the damage was already done when I lost all my files. Prior to the bug, if the NTFS volume was not compressed, everything was fine, but once the volume on which the SkyDrive Sync folder sat was compressed, the corruption would occur once the files synchronized.

I came across the tool afsctool (brew install afsctool), which can, via command-line, apply HFS+ compression to a folder and all files in it. But I believe it does not activates compression of future files moved to the folder. Moving files manually and running a.
File: hfs compression lion Date added: 1.06.2012 Size: 21.45 MB Type of compression: zip Total downloads: 4085 Author: coroldi File checked: Kaspersky Download speed: 11 Mb/s date: author: unaric hfs compression lion 10.6: Compress files with HFS+ compression - Mac OS X Hints I Found This Useful: How to.

I need to avoid experiencing that problem with OneDrive and HFS+ volume compression so I need an official statement from Microsoft confirming the problem doesn't exist or stating it might exist and they have to test and certify the situation first, before guaranteeing full compatibility.

Oct 7, 2015 12:38 PM

#36560closedenhancement (fixed)

Keywords:	Cc:
Reported by:	Owned by:	mfeiri
Priority:	Normal	Milestone:
Component:	base	Version:	2.1.99
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hfscompression.diff (665 bytes) - added by mfeiri8 years ago.
hfscompression2.diff (672 bytes) - added by mfeiri8 years ago.
hfscompression3.diff (2.6 KB) - added by mfeiri6 years ago.
activate_with_compression.patch (1.4 KB) - added by eborisch (Eric A. Borisch)3 years ago.: Opportunistic bsdtar w/ --hfsCompression usage during activation.

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Change History (39)

Changed 8 years ago by mfeiri

comment:1 Changed 8 years ago by cooljeanius (Eric Gallager)

comment:2 Changed 8 years ago by ryandesign (Ryan Schmidt)

comment:3 Changed 8 years ago by nonstop.server@…

comment:4 Changed 8 years ago by mfeiri

comment:5 Changed 8 years ago by mfeiri