From: jed <jed...@gm...> - 2009-01-04 18:26:49
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Don't spose I could get any advice/pointers from anyone here? see below... 31/12 jed wrote: > Hi All, > > Is this app. purely for backup across networks to servers, or is it > also perfectly fine for local backups of stipulated dirs? > For starters I'm just wanting to regularly backup my Tbird/FF profiles > to a separate hdd on the same Mac.. > Can it deal with folders that contain data that's live and may be > updating at the time of a backup? (hope that makes sense) > > I was going to start fiddling with all this but why reinvent the wheel?!? > http://www.google.com.au/search?hl=en&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla%3Aen-GB%3Aofficial&q=bash+scripting+how-to&btnG=Search&meta= > > http://www.google.com.au/search?hl=en&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla%3Aen-GB%3Aofficial&q=crontab+os+x&btnG=Search&meta= > > or this may have worked better in practise than the above? > http://rajeev.name/blog/2008/09/01/automated-osx-backups-with-launchd-and-rsync/ > > > Any advice greatly appreciated :-) > > Seasons well wishes, > Jed > |