Re: OS X backup script
If you are going to do a bash or shell script you can redirect the output to file to use as a log of what it is doing. Throw in a few echo lines to output your own comments so you can mark off different sections and you may get enough of a progress to satisfy your needs. Also if you use rsync instead of cp, that has the ability to output a lot more of its progress as it goes (anywhere from nothing, to listing what is is copying, to showing you how much of a given file it is copying has completed). Again, redirect to file, or tee the output to both screen and file, and you can capture what it is doing as it goes. -chris On Aug 6, 2016, at 5:43 PM, Russell Courtenay wrote: > 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 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 >> >> >> >> >>> 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 gr
Re: OS X backup script
Been 'working' so haven't had a chance to check, but I seem to remember reading that rsync was completely revised in OS X 10.11? Russell Courtenay Sent from my iPhone > On Aug 9, 2016, at 8:50 AM, cb wrote: > > If you are going to do a bash or shell script you can redirect the output to > file to use as a log of what it is doing. Throw in a few echo lines to output > your own comments so you can mark off different sections and you may get > enough of a progress to satisfy your needs. Also if you use rsync instead of > cp, that has the ability to output a lot more of its progress as it goes > (anywhere from nothing, to listing what is is copying, to showing you how > much of a given file it is copying has completed). > > Again, redirect to file, or tee the output to both screen and file, and you > can capture what it is doing as it goes. > > -chris > > > > >> On Aug 6, 2016, at 5:43 PM, Russell Courtenay wrote: >> >> 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 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 >>> >>> >>> >>> 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 pos
Re: OS X backup script
Dunno but the rsync project page is here: A WEB site is available at http://rsync.samba.org/. The site includes an FAQ-O-Matic which may cover questions unanswered by this manual page. This is from the man page in 10.11. > On Aug 9, 2016, at 8:58 AM, Russell Courtenay wrote: > > Been 'working' so haven't had a chance to check, but I seem to remember > reading that rsync was completely revised in OS X 10.11? > > Russell Courtenay > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Aug 9, 2016, at 8:50 AM, cb wrote: >> >> If you are going to do a bash or shell script you can redirect the output to >> file to use as a log of what it is doing. Throw in a few echo lines to >> output your own comments so you can mark off different sections and you may >> get enough of a progress to satisfy your needs. Also if you use rsync >> instead of cp, that has the ability to output a lot more of its progress as >> it goes (anywhere from nothing, to listing what is is copying, to showing >> you how much of a given file it is copying has completed). >> >> Again, redirect to file, or tee the output to both screen and file, and you >> can capture what it is doing as it goes. >> >> -chris >> >> >> >> >>> On Aug 6, 2016, at 5:43 PM, Russell Courtenay wrote: >>> >>> 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 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 > 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 ema
Re: Free OS reimplementations (Re: OS X backup script)
Il giorno 07/08/16 06.54, "Russell Courtenay" ha scritto: > I frankly don¹t understand why the 2.66 GHz Core 2 Duo with 2 gigs > of RAM in my iMac is so slow sometimes on a modern OS Most likely the culprit is your "measly" 2 GB of memory. My iMac is similar to yours, but with 4 GB it almost never slows down. You can easily check with Activity Monitor: in the System Memory tab, if "Pages out" is more than some MB (after you've been using the Mac), then your memory is not enough. -- 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.
