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Automount source volume
I just created a scheduled backup from one unmounted external drive to a 2nd unmounted ext drive, but it failed: "The automatic copy failed because SuperDuper! could not locate the source volume"
I've used SD for years to automount the target volume, but this is the first time I ever tried to automount the source volume - is there a way to do this? I'm using 2.6.2. Thanks. |
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The source volume cannot be automounted -- only the destination.
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I assume I can get the job done by using the Advanced Options "Run shell script before copy starts", but I can't write a script and I haven't had much luck searching for a script I can use. Can you point me in the right direction? Thanks |
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No, actually, you can't: those scripts run after the volume is mounted. You'll really want to keep the source volume mounted.
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OK, so I'm getting closer, but I need more help.
I found a unix script that will automount and I created an AppleScript, and then set up an iCal alarm to run it just before the SD backups are scheduled. It works. This is the AppleScript: do shell script "BDISK=`/usr/sbin/diskutil list | awk '$3==\"ARCHIVES\" {print $6}'`;/usr/sbin/diskutil mount $BDISK" The thing I'm still struggling with is getting SD to unmount the volume after the copy. I used the unmount version of the same script in the "Run shell script after copy completes" but I got an error message. Here are the last three lines from the log: | 12:19:21 AM | Info | ...ACTION: Running shell script Un-Mount ARCHIVES.scpt | 12:19:21 AM | Info | ......COMMAND => Invoking After Copy shell script: /Users/~/Library/Scripts/Un-Mount ARCHIVES.scpt | 12:19:21 AM | Error | sh: /Users/~/Library/Scripts/Un-Mount ARCHIVES.scpt: Permission denied Any idea what I'm doing wrong? I thought the problem might be that the script I'm using has an AppleScript wrapper. If that's the case, I'm not sure how to create a standalone shell script. My limited scripting experience is all with AppleScript. Thanks |
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Right. It's a shell script, not an apple script.
Since you can't eject a drive you're working with while you're working with it, perhaps it would be better to worst-case-estimate when this is done and eject with iCal?
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