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From: Jolly Roger on 24 Jun 2010 13:14 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. cp is just a plain copy. If you want true synchronization, consider rsync instead. -- Send responses to the relevant news group rather than email to me. E-mail sent to this address may be devoured by my very hungry SPAM filter. Due to Google's refusal to prevent spammers from posting messages through their servers, I often ignore posts from Google Groups. Use a real news client if you want me to see your posts. JR
From: Tom Stiller on 24 Jun 2010 15:32 In article <4c235db8$0$28629$c3e8da3(a)news.astraweb.com>, Warren Oates <warren.oates(a)gmail.com> wrote: > In article <m2mxukziha.fsf(a)comcast.net>, > Art Werschulz <agw(a)comcast.net> wrote: > > > Does drag-n-drop also move dotfiles? > > No. But rsync will. Does it copy ACLs as well? -- Tom Stiller PGP fingerprint = 5108 DDB2 9761 EDE5 E7E3 7BDA 71ED 6496 99C0 C7CF
From: Art Werschulz on 24 Jun 2010 15:34 Hi. johnny bobby bee <stepore-no_spam_eh(a)gmail.com> writes: > On 06/23/2010 10:08 PM, Art Werschulz wrote: >> I could always use a recursive cp, making sure to copy >> dotfiles and maintain access dates. >> I was just curious about something simpler. > > More simple than cp? Is that too difficult for you, really? Not at all. It's more a matter of curiosity, as to whether there's a Mac-ish way of doing this. It's not as if this is an uncommon task. (BTW, if I'm reading the manpage correctly, "cp -R" isn't nice WRT hard links on Mac OS X.) > Try rsync. See above. -- Art Werschulz (agw STRUDEL comcast.net) .... insert clever quote here ...
From: Jolly Roger on 24 Jun 2010 15:43 In article <tom_stiller-29ECFF.15320324062010(a)news.individual.net>, Tom Stiller <tom_stiller(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > In article <4c235db8$0$28629$c3e8da3(a)news.astraweb.com>, > Warren Oates <warren.oates(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > > In article <m2mxukziha.fsf(a)comcast.net>, > > Art Werschulz <agw(a)comcast.net> wrote: > > > > > Does drag-n-drop also move dotfiles? > > > > No. But rsync will. > > Does it copy ACLs as well? Version 3.x does. The version Apple included with Mac OS X 10.6 is version 2.6.9, though. So you'll need to update it first. If I cared about ACLs, I would download the latest version (3.0.7) and compile it. Here's a somewhat stale article showing how to do it: <http://www.bombich.com/mactips/rsync.html> -- Send responses to the relevant news group rather than email to me. E-mail sent to this address may be devoured by my very hungry SPAM filter. Due to Google's refusal to prevent spammers from posting messages through their servers, I often ignore posts from Google Groups. Use a real news client if you want me to see your posts. JR
From: Calum on 24 Jun 2010 15:51
On 24/06/10 20:43, Jolly Roger wrote: > Version 3.x does. The version Apple included with Mac OS X 10.6 is > version 2.6.9, though. So you'll need to update it first. Really? My rsync man page says: -E, --extended-attributes Apple specific option to copy extended attributes, resource forks, and ACLs. Requires at least Mac OS X 10.4 or suitably patched rsync. --- news://freenews.netfront.net/ - complaints: news(a)netfront.net --- |