>>>> On Jul 23, 2017, at 11:55 AM, Michael <keybou...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> What is the best way to duplicate a directory tree on a mac?
>> 
>> Considering that my first attempt failed to account for all 5 timestamps 
>> (remember, only 3 are seen by unix programs, but finder wants to show you 
>> last opened and date added, and those are NOT atime and ctime), I went back 
>> and did a time machine copy.
>> 
>> Still in backup; I'll have a restore ready to look at in the morning

Well, it turns out that even Time Machine cannot restore Date Added. It does 
restore last opened. I did not check ctime, but I figure if anything can set 
that, TM will.

And my previously-full 1 TB partition of data is now living comfortably on a 
1.7 TB partition.

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