The main thing is getting all the 'switches' right then getting it to show some kind of progress output, I guess...
I'll check into that... Russell Courtenay Sent from my iPhone > On Aug 5, 2016, at 11:12 PM, cb <c...@mythtech.net> wrote: > > If you know how to do what you want in batch with xcopy you can probably work > your way thru the same thing in OS X's terminal and write a Bash shell script > to do the same thing. Use "cp" instead of xcopy, but the concept is really > the same. > > Once you can get a shell script working you can either set it to run > automatically at some interval using Cron, or you can use AppleScript to > issue a "do shell script" to run it (or Automator, or a few other options to > either run shell commands or run an existing shell script that will allow you > to wrap it into a double clickable icon). > > > -chris > <www.mythtech.net> > > > >> On Aug 6, 2016, at 1:04 AM, Russell Courtenay wrote: >> >> I have been using Carbon Copy Cloner for years to make a bootable >> (ostensibly) backup. Well, they seem to have changed their shareware setup >> so after a certain amount of time it stops working. I just don't have $39.95 >> to spend on software today so I figured I would write a script in Automator. >> But I really don't know what I'm doing. My programming really hasn't kept >> pace beyond Commodore Basic and machine language and Y2K web pages. >> >> I found some basic instructions online to make a scheduled backup but that >> is not really what I want. I just want a button I can click every couple >> days to copy every new file, delete files on the backup that I have deleted >> on my hard drive and keep it bootable in case I need it. >> >> Seems simple enough, has anyone here done this? >> >> On the wife's PC I just set up an xcopy batch file, simple and dirty. I wish >> it would tell me what is happening over those two hours it is working, but >> it does seem to work. >> >> Russell Courtenay >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a >> group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. >> The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette >> guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml >> To post to this group, send email to imaclist@googlegroups.com >> To leave this group, send email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com >> For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist >> >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "iMac Group" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group > for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. > The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette > guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml > To post to this group, send email to imaclist@googlegroups.com > To leave this group, send email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist > > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "iMac Group" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to imaclist@googlegroups.com To leave this group, send email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "iMac Group" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
