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Backup Folders
Function: Backs up one folder into another. Only files that are different are copied, and the option is provided to delete any folders from the destination that aren’t in the source. For making any kind of regular workflow for processing and archiving data, this action is a must.
Author: Ben Long
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Input: Files/Folders
Output: Files/Folders that your data is backed up
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Does this use rsync?
Comment by njivy — March 16, 2006 @ 1:06 pm
Steve,
i’m trying to back up my home folder to an external firewire drive.
Comment by judy — December 29, 2005 @ 6:49 pm
Judy- Are the folders you’re passing to the action in different locations?
Comment by Steve — December 29, 2005 @ 6:47 pm
I would LOVE to use this action, but I keep getting an Applescript error that says “Finder got an error: An item with the same name already exists in the destination. (-15267)” when i try to run it.
Comment by judy — December 29, 2005 @ 6:42 pm
Jason - It backs up the folders passed to it from the previous action (i.e. you would preceed this action with either “get selected finder items” or “get specified finder items”
Comment by Steve — December 25, 2005 @ 7:47 pm