Create (or Borrow) a Script
Once you've decided which sort of copy command you want to use, the next step is to wrap the command up in a text file, most likely with some other code to give it some basic intelligence, so that you can execute it simply by running the script.
A very basic backup script could be something as simple as this:
#!/bin/bash cp -r /Users/joe /Volumes/Backup
This script begins with a line that specifies which shell to use
(bash, in this case). It then uses the cp command to
copy files; the -r flag (for "recursive") tells it to
copy entire folders. The first argument (/Users/joe)
is the source; the second (/Volumes/Backup) is the
destination.
Suppose you named this script backup and stored it in the Applications folder, you ...
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