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

[Richard Hartman]

On Jan 24, 2008, at 1:06 PM, Craig Hoffman wrote:

> Nope its not the Finder.
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> Does it matter that the files (music) are stored on a separate  
> volume / drive (Twilight)?

Not as far as I know. Are the volumes just attached disks (i.e.,  
firewire or usb) or are they volumes mounted from networked computers  
running a different OS or file system? If so, there might be some  
rsync issues in that regard.

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> On Jan 24, 2008, at 1:20 PM, Richard Hartman wrote:
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>> On Jan 24, 2008, at 11:56 AM, Craig Hoffman wrote:
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>>>> 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?
>>>
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>> You're not getting trapped by finder sluggishness are you? This  
>> happens to me often when doing file transfers in terminal.
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>> To test, just restart the finder to see if the files magically  
>> "appear".
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