[X-Newbies] Backing Up Files

[Mark Gibson]

Chris,

I'd suggest using a cron task since the use of 
"rsync" implies you are happy with UNIX.

Regards,

Mark

At 10:48 AM +1000 30/6/08, Christopher Collins wrote:
>OK, so maybe I will use this list, This is a bit of a newbie question.
>
>I need to backup 2 hard disks to a single hard 
>disk for a client. We have looked at all the 
>backup programs and have settled on rsync 
>because it will give us a readable copy of the 
>files that we need to backup.
>
>Now in Windows, I would create a batch file with 
>the command I want and then use the inbuilt 
>scheduler to run it at a specified time.
>
>How do I do the same on a Mac? The OS is Mac OS 
>X Server 10.4.11 and the backup is from 2 
>internal hard disks to an external hard disk.
>
>We wanna run the "batch file" at 10pm at night 
>every weekday. Not sure if this will be helpful, 
>but the command lines will probably be:
>
>rsync -auv /Volumes/Storage_1 /Volumes/External_1/Storage_1
>rsync -auv /Volumes/Storage_2 /Volumes/External_1/Storage_2
>
>If someone can give me some ideas about how to 
>get pointed in the right direction with a basic 
>idea, I can go and do some more searching.....
>
>Thanks everyone!
>
>cjc
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