In this question, a few additional flags are used and explained: sudo rsync -vaE -progress -delete-after /Volumes/SourceName /Volumes/DestinationName Regarding the rsync flags, take a look at the question Fastest and safest way to copy massive data from one external drive to another. Please ask more questions here on Ask Different and on StackOverflow if you need help with this approach.
You could do this with a wide range of scripting tools and languages. Consider presenting a tidied up, meta-data filtered, and maybe even coloured coded output for the user to check.
The log file created by rsync will be technically involved by the very nature of rsync being a command line tool. Copying everything will reduce the maintenance burden and offer ease of mind that nothing is being lost.
#Arrsync name software#
The safest option is to copy everything, including invisible meta-data files.įiles tend to exist for a reason and as software changes, so will the existence, purpose, and contents of these meta-data files. I'm looking for a way to automate rsync which seems quite powerful and free to use. Please, back your answer with some arguments, I would appreciate it. Is -av -progress -delete enough? Am I committing a crime or risking some data? What options would you use. What -exclude or -exclude-from can be used safely on a Mac? May be a good rule is “just copy anything that Finder shows” which is what I would copy if I passed manually through all folders. For example, if I have photo.png I would expect to copy photo.png, not. How can I copy only the files that matter, leaving all those that don't matter behind.
#Arrsync name full#
Now the log is full of files which name starts with. I got to this point rsync -av -progress -delete /Volumes/A/ /Volumes/B
#Arrsync name update#
I want then to automize this by using rsync to avoid copying files that are already on the destination hard drive (of course, if a change has been made, I want to update the file/folder the same with deleted files/folders or new files/folders the idea is to mimic what I usually do manually with Finder). After a few searches, it seems I can use rsync. The external hard drive only contains “basic data” (folders, images, videos, documents, etc.), nothing fancy/weird.īut with all the amazing free tools that exist out there I couldn't find a decent one to backup (suggestions accepted). The way I get the current application is not really relevant, even if my 'if' statements were "if false" and I cut out the method that gets the "current" (or closest) application, the applications will still be opened along with the applescript.I currently back up the contents of an external hard drive A by (1) deleting everything in the destination external hard drive B and (2) copying everything from A to B (in Finder). Unfortunately, whenever I open this script it will open both "Application 1" and "Application 2" if they are not open yet, even though it should only get to the tell statements if one of the applications is open. This is basically what I am doing: if currentApplication is "Application 1" thenĮlse if currentApplication is "Application 2" then Most of these tell blocks are only reachable through conditionals and I would like to find a way to stop applescript's default behavior of opening all mentioned applications. I am having issues with applescript, where whenever I open an applescript file (either in AppleScript Editor or in Automator) it will automatically open any programs mentioned in a tell statement/block.
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