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A summary hint of rsync-related information
I have tried for over a year to get a good clean backup with various incarnations of rsync (hfs-aware) and have never made a single, error-free backup. Call me a stickler, but as far as I am concerned - a backup is not a valid backup unless it completes without errors. I tried working with the rsync developers but they seemed less than receptive, indicating the problem was most definitely on my end and it worked perfectly every time on their machines. Still I try and try and try with rysnc... for functionality it has EVERYTHING I could possibly want in a backup routine. But at this point in time - its purely a toy I pull out every once in a while when I wanna toy with some shell scripting.
FWIW - I sent a hint in last week (has not made it to the boards yet) about an hfs aware version of tar that I was reading about on macintouch also (I think). Anyway - have not tried it out yet - but its on the table...
A summary hint of rsync-related information
I've also been toying around with tar and rsync (and their hfs-aware counterparts) for a while, now. In the end, I don't want to use some forked version of rsync -- if it's stable, it should be merged into the main rsync tree, if it isn't, I'm not using it for my backups.
A summary hint of rsync-related information
I run the following script as a cron job, and it has worked really well for me. Note that I mount the Multimedia share first, also via a cron job, first. The share is mounted using an internet shortcut, as this as proven the most reliable.
A summary hint of rsync-related information
If you don't mind could you also please include the command or script you are using to mount your network drive? I have been wanting to do this but not yet dug enough to find the answer. Also any comments on why the internet shortcut is most reliable? What else did you try?
A summary hint of rsync-related information
To make a shortcut type the following url into your web browser (I'm using Safari):
Then drag the url to the desktop, rename the shortcut (I renamed it to: "Multimedia File Server") and file away somewhere. Then in my Crontab I call:
A summary hint of rsync-related information
I've used Carbon Copy Cloner (http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20030529054605961) to make a verified bootable, (apparently) clean backup of my TiBook G4 MacOSX 10.2 boot drive to an external firewire drive. |
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