Revision 14560
Added by Aaron Marcuse-Kubitza over 10 years ago
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launchctl load ~/Library/LaunchAgents/homebrew.mxcl.postgresql.plist # start the PostgreSQL server |
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to back up the local machine's hard drive: |
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turn on and connect the 2 TB external hard drive |
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l=1 overwrite=1 src=/ dest=/Volumes/Macintosh\ HD\ backup/ sudo -E put --exclude=/private/var/vm --exclude=/usr/local/var/postgres --exclude=/Users/aaronmk/.dropbox
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l=1 overwrite=1 del= src=/ dest=/Volumes/Macintosh\ HD\ backup/ sudo -E put --delete-before --exclude=/private/var/vm --exclude=/usr/local/var/postgres --exclude=/Users/aaronmk/.dropbox
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# runtime: 10 min (~600); initial runtime: 4 h ("2422.84"+"12379.91")
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l=1 overwrite=1 src=/ dest=/Volumes/Macintosh\ HD\ backup/ sudo -E put --exclude=/private/var/vm
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l=1 overwrite=1 del= src=/ dest=/Volumes/Macintosh\ HD\ backup/ sudo -E put --delete-before --exclude=/private/var/vm
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stop Dropbox: system tray > Dropbox icon > gear icon > Quit Dropbox |
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otherwise, the backup of ~/.dropbox will be corrupted |
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launchctl unload ~/Library/LaunchAgents/homebrew.mxcl.postgresql.plist # stop the PostgreSQL server |
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screen |
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l=1 overwrite=1 src=/ dest=/Volumes/Macintosh\ HD\ backup/ sudo -E put --exclude=/private/var/vm
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l=1 overwrite=1 del= src=/ dest=/Volumes/Macintosh\ HD\ backup/ sudo -E put --delete-before --exclude=/private/var/vm
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# repeat until only minimal changes |
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launchctl load ~/Library/LaunchAgents/homebrew.mxcl.postgresql.plist # start the PostgreSQL server |
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start Dropbox: /Applications > double-click Dropbox.app |
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fix: /README.TXT: to back up the local machine's hard drive: need to use --delete-before because the backup partition is near capacity