From: Laurent Daudelin (laurent_daudelin_at_fanniemae.com)
Date: Tue Aug 19 2003 - 08:24:51 PDT
On 19/08/03 11:12, "Robert Benschop" <rbenschop_at_euronet.nl> wrote:
> Paul Guyot wrote:
>> Also, I suggest keeping away from any unix program for
>> backup/compression unless you really know what you're doing and what
>> files you apply this to.
>
> Sorry to all Windows and pre-OS X users out there, hope you're
> filtering out the OT content, but when Paul starts saying these kind of
> things he does have my attention!
>
> What do you call 'any unix program for backup/compression' Paul? I use
> Carbon Copy Cloner, can be found on
> http://www.bombich.com/software/ccc.html and have been feeling very
> safe so far.
> Would this qualify for the no-go apps for you? (I wouldn't think so but
> I'd rather be sure in such a case!)
Carbon Copy Cloner is safe to use. What Paul is referring to are Unix
command line tools like 'cp' and 'mv'. There are other tools that can do
backup and such but those would certainly strip the resource fork for many
Macintosh files.
-Laurent.
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