Re: [MacPerl] PerlBackup script

[Taylor Leaming <Taylor_Leaming-RZLA60@email.sps.mot.com>]

Hi Ken,

I have been thinking of doing this very thing (although much less ambitious).

So, I would be very interested in seeing what you have done.

Thanks,

Taylor


At 11:56 PM -0600 2/4/98, Ken Tanaka wrote:
> Hello all,
> 
> I've written a script called PerlBackup, that I'd like suggestions on
> improving.  Therefore, anyone who wants a copy can send me email and I'll
> send them a copy (it's too big to just dump on the MacPerl email list) as
> an email attachment.  Since this list has been so helpful at providing
> suggestions I thought I should  make the results available.
> 
> PerlBackup is an incremental backup script.  Files are copied to a user
> configured backup destination folder and the hierarchy of folders is
> maintained for ease of retrieval.  For a few weeks of word-processing type
> work, the backup result can usually be dropped onto a single floppy without
> resorting to compression or splitting (into floppy sized chunks).
> 
> Feedback is welcome; perhaps there are some libraries I should be using, or
> I've gone about something inefficiently--I'm doing a lot of the file system
> traversal on my own.  This script serves my current backup needs, so it may
> be useful to you as it is.  It's written in plain MacPerl without any
> reliance on AppleScripting, outside applications or extensions.  This is
> derived from a filesystem grep program I wrote for Unix development
> projects.
> 
> Comments in the script itself provide more details.
> 
> -Ken
> 
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