On Tue, 29 Jan 2002 at 11:30:35 -0800, Lin Mu wrote: > Lin here: > > What backup strategies are you using, In X11, or MacOS X? > > Is there a good automated "open source" backup program out there? > > Besides writing shell scripts, Apple scripts, and using cron. What > choices do I have? > > I am told that "hfstar" can compress files, while handling Mac OS X > resource forks correctly, is this true?
Yes, I heard about "hfstar" but never tried it: http://www.geocities.com/paulotex/tar/ Then, there is also hfspax: http://homepage.mac.com/howardoakley/ But, I got a very good tip at the "Macosxhints forum" and installed "psync" and it works great. The way to get "psync" is via the Perl module "MacOSXFiles". It requires you to have installed the 10.1 Developer Tools. The module is currently at version 0.61, and can be found at : http://search.cpan.org/search?dist= MacOSX-File It has the great virtue of copying both resource forks and Finder bits, and can create a bootable mirror of a disk). It's a very nice simple way to create and maintain a mirror: it only copies changed folders unless forced to do otherwise, and also has the option of deleting files on the backup copy that no longer exist on the "live" version of your data. Pedro -- Somewhere over the rainbow, way up high... _______________________________________________ Win a ski trip! http://www.nowcode.com/register.asp?affiliate=1net2phone3a _______________________________________________ Fink-beginners mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-beginners
