Re: Backup Script for Mac OS X experiences?

2013-03-19 Thread Gregory Shenaut
On Mar 19, 2013, at 15:48 , Ian Wadham wrote: > For an active database, that might be *all* the files in their entirety. I > think most > database systems have inbuilt backup options, such as whole database > (infrequently), > transaction log (more frequently) or actual files (which might be in

Re: Backup Script for Mac OS X experiences?

2013-03-19 Thread Ian Wadham
On 20/03/2013, at 6:04 AM, Lawrence Velázquez wrote: > On Mar 19, 2013, at 7:47 AM, Niels Dettenbach wrote: >> The user runs a software whose developer told him that he should not use >> TimeMachine (not shure why, - may depend from the database / data storage >> concept behind that piece of propr

Re: Building py26-matplotlib fails

2013-03-19 Thread Rodolfo Aramayo
Ryan, The error happened in 3 out of 4 computers I have The only computer where the error was not reported or the only machine that completed the build was the one I had the GUI open. All the others were being accessed via SSH I just accessed the three other machines and opened the GUI and repeate

Re: [WARNING - NOT VIRUS SCANNED] Re: Backup Script for Mac OS X experiences?

2013-03-19 Thread Lawrence Velázquez
On Mar 19, 2013, at 7:47 AM, Niels Dettenbach wrote: > The user runs a software whose developer told him that he should not use > TimeMachine (not shure why, - may depend from the database / data storage > concept behind that piece of proprietary software). It would be worth ascertaining the pre

Re: Backup Script for Mac OS X experiences?

2013-03-19 Thread PAt
Have a look there: http://www.experience2geek.com/?p=4838 I think it pretty much answers what you're looking for, and is guided step by step. Also look for the other "rsync"-tagged posts. However, your requirement calls for Time Machine, as it does exactly what you are requiring. You may have to

Re: Backup Script for Mac OS X experiences?

2013-03-19 Thread Nathan Brazil
Try Carbon Copy Cloner (http://bombich.com) if Time Machine is indeed not an option. -- On Mar 19, 2013, at 4:47 AM, Niels Dettenbach wrote: > Am Dienstag, 19. März 2013, 12:34:41 schrieben Sie: >>> Automatic hourly incremental backups. Daily backups are kept for a month; >>> weekly for as lon

Re: Backup Script for Mac OS X experiences?

2013-03-19 Thread Niels Dettenbach
Am Dienstag, 19. März 2013, 12:34:41 schrieben Sie: > > Automatic hourly incremental backups. Daily backups are kept for a month; > > weekly for as long as possible. Oldest backups are deleted when your > > disk becomes full. Simple GUI.> > > > > > > And more or less foolproof hmm, Ok. Not fidd

Re: Backup Script for Mac OS X experiences?

2013-03-19 Thread Dominik Reichardt
Am 19.03.2013 um 12:17 schrieb Craig Treleaven : > At 9:30 AM +0100 3/19/13, Niels Dettenbach wrote: >> before i take te time to sit down to write my own script: >> >> I'm looking for "typical" a Mac OS X backup script which takes regularly >> backups of some filesystem folders i.e. twice a day (

Re: Backup Script for Mac OS X experiences?

2013-03-19 Thread Craig Treleaven
At 9:30 AM +0100 3/19/13, Niels Dettenbach wrote: before i take te time to sit down to write my own script: I'm looking for "typical" a Mac OS X backup script which takes regularly backups of some filesystem folders i.e. twice a day (i.e. by cron or similiar) incrementally or full copies over de

Backup Script for Mac OS X experiences?

2013-03-19 Thread Niels Dettenbach
Hi all, before i take te time to sit down to write my own script: I'm looking for "typical" a Mac OS X backup script which takes regularly backups of some filesystem folders i.e. twice a day (i.e. by cron or similiar) incrementally or full copies over defined time periods (i.e. copies over 5