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Mac Forum / Country Specific / UK Mac Group / May 2008Program to copy files and report failures
Hi all, Not for the first time I have been frustrated by one of Finder's less endearing features: if you are copying files from one place to another and the copy process runs into problems, Finder just bombs out and you are left with an incomplete copy and no simple way to figure out how successful the copy was. Which led me to think about what I would want to happen. Really, what would be good would be to have a way to "park" problem files somewhere - perhaps in a parallel folder structure - and continue with the copy operation. Then at the end, produce a log of failed copies. So, with that in mind: a) Does anyone know of a program that will do something like this, particularly across networks (and between Mac and Windows file systems). Does ChronoSync do this kind of thing? b) Is this something that is amenable to scripting? Thanks for any advice, Ian. -- > Hi all, > [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > > Thanks for any advice, Compress the files into a single archive. Punt it over the network. Expand at destination? Hardly ideal but it might work. Or it might fail on expanding. Jim  Signaturehttp://www.ursaMinorBeta.co.uk http://twitter.com/GreyAreaUK "Don't you *dare* use the word 'party' as a verb in this shop!" -- Bernard Black, 'Black Books' > Hi all, > [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > > Thanks for any advice, On Windows, I would use a command line - something as simple as Xcopy, or possibly Robocopy. You can set options to continue in the face of errors, and send the console output to a log file so you can see what went wrong. With Robocopy, you can see the console output and write to a log file at the same time. Since the Mac is based on Linux, there must be a similar command line facility. -- Graham J > Since the Mac is based on Linux,... er...no it isn't. Jim Signaturehttp://www.ursaMinorBeta.co.uk http://twitter.com/GreyAreaUK "Don't you *dare* use the word 'party' as a verb in this shop!" -- Bernard Black, 'Black Books' > > Since the Mac is based on Linux,... > > er...no it isn't. Tee-Hee! Those poor BSD guys must feel like the kid who has his hand up but never gets asked the question. Anyway, to answer the op's question, rcp or scp in a Terminal window will help you. man rcp or man scp for info. Signaturejames dore IT Officer, New College, Oxford http://www.new.ox.ac.uk/ it-support@new.... >> > Since the Mac is based on Linux,... >> [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] >Anyway, to answer the op's question, rcp or scp in a Terminal window >will help you. man rcp or man scp for info. rsync is a bucketload better at reporting failures than the more venerable *cp, IME. Cheers - Jaimie SignatureI was most impressed when I looked up into the London sky and saw a star through all the light pollution. A few of us checked some astronomy references to try and identify it, and we're reasonably confident that it was Sol. -- Peter Corlett, asr > Hi all, > [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > > Thanks for any advice, You can use a synchronize utility to compare the folders in case there was trouble. Or, if you are paranoid: always use synchronization instead of Finder copy, (and do it twice just to be surer than sure) Jan |
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