If you know how to do what you want in batch with xcopy you can probably work your way thru the same thing in OS X's terminal and write a Bash shell script to do the same thing. Use "cp" instead of xcopy, but the concept is really the same.
Once you can get a shell script working you can either set it to run automatically at some interval using Cron, or you can use AppleScript to issue a "do shell script" to run it (or Automator, or a few other options to either run shell commands or run an existing shell script that will allow you to wrap it into a double clickable icon). -chris <www.mythtech.net> On Aug 6, 2016, at 1:04 AM, Russell Courtenay wrote: > I have been using Carbon Copy Cloner for years to make a bootable > (ostensibly) backup. Well, they seem to have changed their shareware setup so > after a certain amount of time it stops working. I just don't have $39.95 to > spend on software today so I figured I would write a script in Automator. But > I really don't know what I'm doing. My programming really hasn't kept pace > beyond Commodore Basic and machine language and Y2K web pages. > > I found some basic instructions online to make a scheduled backup but that is > not really what I want. I just want a button I can click every couple days to > copy every new file, delete files on the backup that I have deleted on my > hard drive and keep it bootable in case I need it. > > Seems simple enough, has anyone here done this? > > On the wife's PC I just set up an xcopy batch file, simple and dirty. I wish > it would tell me what is happening over those two hours it is working, but it > does seem to work. > > Russell Courtenay > > Sent from my iPhone > > -- > You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group > for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. > The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette > guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To leave this group, send email to [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist > > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "iMac Group" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To leave this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "iMac Group" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
