You should check out rsyncx while you're at it:

http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/16814

I'd be interested to know how your backup project works out.

Micah DesJardins
> From: Craig White <craigwhite@azapple.com>
> Reply-To: plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us
> Date: Fri, 02 Apr 2004 11:19:36 -0700
> To: plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us
> Subject: cp on BSD (actually Mac OSX)
> 
> I wrote a script to do a nightly backup but the cp in the BSD version of
> MacOSX doesn't seem to have the same options as Linux. Specifically, I
> would (for this purpose) use...
> 
> cp -pruv /path/to/source /path/to/target # removing the v for
>             # the cron script unless I am logging)
> 
> but on BSD, it didn't allow the 'u' (update) option so it seems as
> though I have no recourse but to copy everything all the time.
> 
> Man cp on OSX didn't give me any clues about an 'update' option
> 
> Clues?
> 
> Craig
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