Please don't resent this unix-only solution, perhaps you might be interested (e.g. with a linux dual-boot setup where linux is used solely for system maintenance and debugging).
Instead of simply re-writing the entire directory branch everytime I need to make a full back up, I only delete the obsolete files and update or copy the new ones by typing a single line in a terminal: $ rsync -av --delete /original/ /backup/ where "/original/" stands for the directory that has all the music files and "/backup/" stands for the place where it's being backed up. This rsync tool is pretty cool all-around, but in the context of large filesystems with relatively small changes, it's a godsend. Cloning a 300gb hard drive takes me about 5-6 hours, but that little command up there executes in a few minutes quietly in the background while I do whatever. Caveat emptor--this is a pretty sharp little blade. You can wipe out your backup if you make a mistake typing things in there, and if you are distracted enough to switch the places of original and backup, well, then you're going in the wrong direction in a one-way time machine. Come to think of it, Orwell used such a device in "1984". Cheers, Ariel -- trebejo ------------------------------------------------------------------------ trebejo's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=730 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=22533 _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
