Platform Testing - Help Us Test on macOS, BSD, and More!

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Help Us Improve Cross-Platform Support!

Preserve is designed to work across Windows, Linux, and macOS, but we need community help testing on platforms we don't have regular access to.

Platforms Needing Testers

Platform	Status	Help Needed
macOS (Intel)	Untested	Yes
macOS (Apple Silicon)	Untested	Yes
FreeBSD	Untested	Yes
OpenBSD / NetBSD	Untested	Yes
Other Linux distros	Partially tested	Welcome
ARM-based systems	Untested	Yes

Quick Test Script

# Install
pip install dazzle-preserve

# Create test data
mkdir -p test-src/subdir
echo "test" > test-src/file.txt
echo "nested" > test-src/subdir/nested.txt

# Test COPY
preserve COPY test-src/ --dst test-backup/ --rel --includeBase -r --hash SHA256

# Test VERIFY
preserve VERIFY --src test-src/ --dst test-backup/ --hash SHA256

# Test RESTORE
preserve RESTORE --src test-backup/ --dst test-restored/

# Compare
diff -r test-src/ test-restored/test-src/

What to Report

Please reply with:

• OS: (e.g., macOS 14.2 Sonoma, FreeBSD 14.0)
• Architecture: (e.g., x86_64, arm64, Apple M2)
• Python version: (python --version)
• Preserve version: (preserve --version)
• Results: Did all commands work? Any errors?
• Notes: Anything unusual or unexpected

Documentation

See docs/platform-support.md for full platform details and known quirks.

Thanks for helping make preserve better for everyone!