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

[Craig Hoffman]

Follow up -- Well, I could not figure out why rsync was producing  
invisible / hidden files when being transfered from an internal drive  
(other than OS drive) to a network drive.  I even tried downloading  
arRsync, a GUI rsync app.  Even with that, it was producing invisible  
files.  I have a feeling Time Machine is some how interfering with the  
network transfer.  The work around solution was to download Deja Vu, a  
backup app.  It allows me to backup to a network drive, set a schedule  
and so forth.   This will work for the mean time...
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On Jan 24, 2008, at 2:43 PM, Richard Hartman wrote:

>
> On Jan 24, 2008, at 1:06 PM, Craig Hoffman wrote:
>
>> Nope its not the Finder.
>>
>> 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.
>
>>
>>
>>
>> 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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