10/3/02
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Unix Tools for Graphics Professionals
 
   
  • Backing up files
    • ditto will work right out of the box; it copies all permissions, resource forks and creator/type
    • ditto uses a full backup strategy, though: if you direct it to copy to the same directory, it will re-copy all of your files.
    • And if you use different directories, say a new one for each day of the week, you'll need 7 times the disk space you're backing up!
    • Ditto tends to work faster than rsyncx
    • And ditto is simple to use: "ditto SOURCE_DIRECTORY dir/DESTINATION_DIRECTORY"
    • Your source directory & your destination directory need to be different, preferably different machines
 
   
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