Syncing iTunes Music folders using rsync
Very much a work in progress. This took about 15min over a wireless connection, for 3000 songs on my Powerbook to the desktop machine. Shouldn't be used on anything other than 10.4 Tiger because the "E" flag is specific to that version, which keeps Apple resource fork information when copying.
rsync -rtE --progress iTunes/iTunes\ Music/ yourothercomputer.com:/Volumes/MaxtorBlue/Music
You'll be prompted for your password on the remote machine (assumes you have the same username on both machines).
- r: recurse into directories
- t: maintain the time stamp on the files
- E: keeps Apple resource forks intact
- progress: scrolls by a list of transfers and how long they take
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Syncing iTunes Music folders using rsync
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Very much a work in progress. This took about 15min over a wireless connection, for 3000 songs on my Powerbook to the desktop machine. Shouldn't be used on anything other than 10.4 Tiger because the "E" flag is specific to that version, which keeps Apple resource fork information when copying.
Works great
This solution works great, thanks.
It's incredible fast and gives a good view on how the process is.
I dumped Folder Synchronizer therefore to the trash.
Syncing to a Linux Server?
Any ideas on how this can be used for easy backup to a Linux server? I know the Linux server will not recognize the -E argument. Will the backup be any good without the -E argument?
Good question
Yeah, I think you need the -E .... not sure how this could be stored on a file system other than HFS+ ?
Thanks for this. I have it
Thanks for this. I have it running right now!