Re: [NTLK] [OT] OS X: Backup to Firewire-HD?

From: Norman Palardy (palardyn_at_shaw.ca)
Date: Mon May 30 2005 - 17:02:59 PDT

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On May 30, 2005, at 5:20 PM, Toby Hutton wrote:

> On May 30 '05, Norman Palardy wrote:
>> A couple options :
>>
>> - use the command line tar the whole thing to your external volume
>
> This isn't a great idea since tar doesn't preserve resource forks.

You're right.
ditto is a much better option for this reason

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