Simple whole volume copy

[J. Ellis]

> Firstly, I would recommend that on both machines you compile and install a
> copy of the latest version of rsync with some Mac OS X specific patches the
> link below will assist you :
> http://www.lbackup.org/developer/rsync_hfs

My client is at 3.0.7. Although, I have to specify the directory as
/usr/local/bin/ before calling it, otherwise, I get 2.6.9.

> Finally, to be absolutely sure that all meta data is preserved you could
> consider a tool such as dd to copy the disk block by block. However, using a
> tool such as dd will mean that you will miss out on the benefits of a tool
> like rsync : <http://linux.die.net/man/1/dd>

Right. That's why I need rsync. I'm really not looking for a utility, but a
command line program which will do incremental backup, and rsync is the only
one I'm aware of that does that in Mac OS.

Best,
J.


on 5/26/10 8:51 PM, Henri Shustak at henri.shustak at gmail.com wrote:

>> I have a volume at 192.168.0.2 on my local network. I'd like to rsync the
>> entire volume to a backup volume, skip all files already present on the
>> backup volume (same name and the same or earlier timestamp)
> 
> 
> Firstly, I would recommend that on both machines you compile and install a
> copy of the latest version of rsync with some Mac OS X specific patches the
> link below will assist you :
> http://www.lbackup.org/developer/rsync_hfs
> 
> If you are not coping a boot volume, then you will probably find the
> information at the following URL helpful :
> <http://www.lbackup.org/synchronizing_disk_images_between_machines>
> 
> If you are trying to create a bootable clone of a startup disk then I would
> recommend Carbon Copy Cloner (I would also recommend that you shutdown the
> system before you make a clone) : <http://www.bombich.com/>
> 
> Whichever method you use, I recommend the use of Backup-Bouncer to check that
> it has actually copied the various meta-data you are expecting to have
> preserved. Further information regarding backup bouncer is available from the
> following URL : <http://www.n8gray.org/code/backup-bouncer/>
> 
>> include all flags, dates, etc. as applicable to Mac OS X 10.6.x.
> 
> 
> I am unsure if the latest version of Backup-Bouncer or rsync supports the
> checking / coping of HFS file system compressed files. Hopefully someone else
> with a deeper understanding of this matter is watching this thread and will be
> able to comment.
> 
> Further information regarding the file system compression on Mac OS 10.6 is
> available at the following URL :
> <http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20090902223042255>
> 
> There is a recent thread on the rsync mailing list which relates to the rsync
> flag : 
> 
>   --protect-decmpfs
> 
> The full thread is available from the following URL :
> <http://www.mail-archive.com/rsync@lists.samba.org/msg25797.html>
> 
> Finally, to be absolutely sure that all meta data is preserved you could
> consider a tool such as dd to copy the disk block by block. However, using a
> tool such as dd will mean that you will miss out on the benefits of a tool
> like rsync : <http://linux.die.net/man/1/dd>
> 
> 
> 
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