[G4] Backup Strategies -- CCC

[David Crandon]

Hey John,

Thanks for all your help by the way. I'm going to check out that forum tomorrow.

But regarding when you said:

> ot really, checking the Delete items option will cause CCC to delete, from
> > the target, any source-selected  items before cloning (see


I'm saying to "not" check that box.

David Crandon

John Baltutis wrote:
> 
> On 4/3/03, David Crandon <tdc at attbi.com> wrote:
> >
> > OK, so this will overwrite my previously cloned copy, correct? This is
> > what I would want it to do.
> >
> > The thing I'm still not sure of is this: suppose there are files on the
> > previously cloned disk that are not on my current main drive, that have
> > been deleted from my main drive in the last month. I would not know what
> > these files are because of the myriad of changes to system software and
> > my regular programs that have occurred since my last use of CCC a month
> > ago. Some of these files may indeed be invisible as well.
> >
> > Using your suggestion of making sure I haven't checked the "Delete Items
> > not on source" options in preferences would still leave these type of
> > files on the cloned disk correct?
> 
> Not really, checking the Delete items option will cause CCC to delete, from
> the target, any source-selected  items before cloning (see
> <http://65.69.94.113/forums/viewtopic.php?t=910&sid=93f677e30b1570d070a242d7c0aade8b>).
> 
> > And if there are invisible system type
> > files on there that now shouldn't be (because of system software updates
> > I've performed since then), this could create some sort of problem or
> > conflict when I put a new cloned copy on the backup drive, correct?
> 
> Possibly. I surmised that one could launch CCC, examine what's listed at
> the target's root level, open up terminal, do a ls -al, and then remove
> (rm) any root-level items that weren't listed on the source. Those are
> probably the only things that could hose your clone.
> 
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