RSYNC changes file name

[James B. Byrne]

On Tue, January 29, 2019 09:36, James B. Byrne wrote:
> I am using rsync to backup a cyrus-imap maildir tree.  Messages are
> stored in the maildir with files names consisting of a number followed
> by a trailing dot.  For example '12345,'  My problem is that when
> rsync copies the files from the maildir to the backup device the file
> names that it creates on the target lack the tailing dot.   So the
> message '12345.' becomes '12345' on the target.
>

Further testing reveals that this anomaly does not happen when the
rsync target is on the system HDD.  It does happen when the target is
a USB flash memory drive.

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