[X-Unix] using rsync to automatically backup home directories (was RE: rsync help)

Craig Hoffman choffman at eclimb.net
Thu Jan 24 13:06:27 PST 2008


Nope its not the Finder.

Does it matter that the files (music) are stored on a separate  
volume / drive (Twilight)?
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On Jan 24, 2008, at 1:20 PM, Richard Hartman wrote:

>
> On Jan 24, 2008, at 11:56 AM, Craig Hoffman wrote:
>
>>> Which OS?
>> Leopard 5.1
>>
>> What's still strange, I tried using rsync to move a few image (jpg)  
>> using the E flag and it worked.  I was able to view the files in  
>> the Finder.
>>>> rsync -avE /Volumes/Twilight/Music/ /Volumes/teakettle/Music
>>
>> Then I tried it on some mp3's / music files using the same flags  
>> and the files became invisible again.  What's up with that?
>>
>
> You're not getting trapped by finder sluggishness are you? This  
> happens to me often when doing file transfers in terminal.
>
> To test, just restart the finder to see if the files magically  
> "appear".
>
>
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