Mattison, Jacob on 21 Feb 2005 20:53:38 -0000


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RE: [PLUG] OT: MacOS X rsync-like app


> A non-nerd friend using MacOS X wants to mirror his home 
> directory to a removable drive for purposes of backup.  
> (Well, he just wants backup, this is just his current solution.)
> 
> I suspect rsync won't preserve all the Mac extra attributes.  
> But any idea where to point him?  Whatever it is has to be 
> easy for him to install and use.  This can't turn into days 
> of me sitting with his Mac. ;-)

Rsync won't preserve the Mac resource forks.  But you can install
rsyncX, which will.

http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/16814
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