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