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From: Fred Moore on 25 Jun 2010 17:18 In article <i033s7$lbv$1(a)news.eternal-september.org>, Wes Groleau <Groleau+news(a)FreeShell.org> wrote: > On 06-25-2010 11:31, Fred Moore wrote: > > Wes Groleau<Groleau+news(a)FreeShell.org> wrote: > >> > You can't drag a file you can't see. > >> > But if you drag a directory to another volume, > >> > it's dot-files won't be omitted from the copying that follows. > > > Except if you don't have sufficient permissions for the dot-files or > > other files within the selected folder. Then they will be left behind > > with no warning to you. Surprisingly there are a number of files within > > your home folder to which the user does not have full access/control. > > Please be more specific. The top three layers of my dir tree contain > NO files that are not owned by me. I did not look at permissions. > > And in the many times I've used Finder to copy an entire user's > directory, I am not aware of any with such a failure. In other > words, if any failed, they were not configurations or preferences > for any applications in use. Okay, Wes, go ahead and make me look stupid! ;) I just did a cursory look and couldn't find any either. Back in 10.3.9 it was very common. They often hung out in ~/Library and its subfolders. That's when I started using rsync and other utilities (see SuperDuper! note below) to copy user folders. There is/was the possibility of someone putting an incorrectly permissioned file in your Drop Box (~/Public/Drop Box?) so that it wouldn't copy with a drag and drop. However, I'll acknowledge that sort of screw up is beyond the norm. BTW, Howard, if you don't want to use the command line, SuperDuper! will allow you to copy just user folders to a backup volume. It uses the updated rsync IIRC.
From: Wes Groleau on 25 Jun 2010 19:25 On 06-25-2010 17:18, Fred Moore wrote: > I just did a cursory look and couldn't find any either. Back in 10.3.9 > it was very common. They often hung out in ~/Library and its subfolders. I believe you. If I didn't, I'm not about to re-install 10.3 just to check on it. :-) -- Wes Groleau Teaching Tip: Take Care of your Health http://Ideas.Lang-Learn.us/russell?itemid=1465
From: Fred Moore on 26 Jun 2010 11:07 In article <fmoore-C8F947.17183125062010(a)mx01.eternal-september.org>, Fred Moore <fmoore(a)gcfn.org> wrote: > BTW, Howard, if you don't want to use the command line, SuperDuper! will > allow you to copy just user folders to a backup volume. It uses the > updated rsync IIRC. I knew there was another utility which might be useful to you, Howard. Backuplist+ <http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/29671> It uses rsync, is donationware, and has a 5-star rating. It has much more flexibility than SuperDuper! for backing up just selected files.
From: Juan I. Cahis on 26 Jun 2010 18:39 Dear Art and friends: In article <m2vd99yyfm.fsf(a)comcast.net>, Art Werschulz <agw(a)comcast.net> wrote: > Hi. > > What do people recommend for synchronizing two Macs? > > I use an iMac and my wife uses a MacBook. We're going to swap Macs when I go > on a trip in August. Is there a Mac-ish way to copy my home directory from > one machine to the other? (I could always use a recursive cp, making sure to > copy dotfiles and maintain access dates. I was just curious about something > simpler.) > > Thanks. I use the program "SyncTwoFolders" in order to maintain two folders (including several sub folders on them) synchronized in my two Mac computers. It works very well for me. -- Gracias Juan I. Cahis Santiago de Chile
From: Art Werschulz on 27 Jun 2010 13:03
Hi. "Juan I. Cahis" <jiclbchSINBASURA(a)attglobal.net> writes: > I use the program "SyncTwoFolders" in order to maintain two folders > (including several sub folders on them) synchronized in my two Mac > computers. It works very well for me. SyncTwoFolders doesn't do dotfiles. -- Art Werschulz (agw STRUDEL comcast.net) .... insert clever quote here ... |