> On Jul 24, 2017, at 8:32 AM, Michael <[email protected]> wrote: > > >>>>> On Jul 23, 2017, at 11:55 AM, Michael <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> What is the best way to duplicate a directory tree on a mac? >>> >>> Considering that my first attempt failed to account for all 5 timestamps >>> (remember, only 3 are seen by unix programs, but finder wants to show you >>> last opened and date added, and those are NOT atime and ctime), I went back >>> and did a time machine copy. >>> >>> Still in backup; I'll have a restore ready to look at in the morning > > Well, it turns out that even Time Machine cannot restore Date Added. It does > restore last opened. I did not check ctime, but I figure if anything can set > that, TM will. > > And my previously-full 1 TB partition of data is now living comfortably on a > 1.7 TB partition.
In the past I've used rsync(1) to do this sort of thing, but I don't recall if it retains all the metadata you want.. -Carl
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