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How to copy a single folder plus contents
On my volume Extra there is a top-level folder ToBackup. I want to Smart-Update it to a sparse image called ToBackupBackup. I started with the Backup - All Files script, added and added two commands to it:
ignore * copy ToBackup and saved it as "Backup pix SuperDuper" When I run that script, everything on Extra is copied. What should the commands be to copy just the one ToBackup folder and its contents? |
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OK, it's fixed but it's weird ...
I just noticed the forum has a "similar threads" feature and found DN's "I just wanted to copy a single folder but it copied the whole drive". I tried adding
ignore .* so now the commands are ignore * ignore .* copy ToBackup and now it works perfectly. But why?? The problem was not that it was copying some of the hidden files but that it was copying a bunch of other folders with normal names. |
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Even better, you should include "Exclude all files". But ignore * should have (generally) worked, assuming there were no hidden folders.
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