Hi,<div><br></div><div>Mac Pro (2010), OS X 10.6.8, MacTex 2011, BasicTex 2010 (probably soon to be deleted)</div><div><br></div><div>I hope you don't mind if I do a 'hit-and-run'. In the interests of saving space I'd like to apply hfsCompression to the /usr/local/texlive folder. I'll be making a backup prior to doing so, and I have Time Machine, but I thought it prudent to see if anyone could highlight any foreseeable problems with this action before proceeding---it'd be nice to avoid a tedious re-install procedure :-) The exact command I'm intending to apply is:</div>
<div><br></div><div>sudo ditto --hfsCompression /usr/local/texlive /usr/local/texlive2</div><div><br></div><div>I would then delete the original texlive folder, and rename the new one to replace it. For those who might not know, 'ditto' now preserves resource forks, HFS meta-data, extended attributes, quarantine information and ACLs by default. So, would I, for example, have to re-create the symbolic links that point to this folder?</div>
<div><br></div><div>In addition, it might be nice to thin the 'texlive' folder by also using the '--arch x86_64' switch---my Mac uses the 64-bit kernel by default, you see. Does anyone know whether this particular switch would cause problems? To clarify, the full command would be:</div>
<div><br></div><div>sudo ditto --arch x86_64 --hfsCompression /usr/local/texlive /usr/local/texlive2</div><div><br></div><div>Your feedback appreciated.</div><div><br></div><div>Regards.</div>