Schedule a Command-line Backup
The final component of any good backup program is automation. Mac
OS X provides several command-line scheduling tools, including the
venerable cron and launchd,
introduced in Mac OS X 10.4. If you've gotten this far, I'm going to
assume you either know or can figure out how to use the scheduling tool
of your choice.
However, I should point out that you can download easy-to-use
graphical interfaces to both cron and
launchd, which will make the job easier if you're not
accustomed to command-line scheduling:
Cronnix (http://www.abstracture.de/projects-en/cronnix) is a free, open-source
croninterfaceLingon (http://sourceforge.net/projects/lingon/) serves the same purpose for
launchd. If you chooselaunchd, I recommend ...
Get Take Control of Mac OS X Backups, Fourth Edition now with the O’Reilly learning platform.
O’Reilly members experience books, live events, courses curated by job role, and more from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers.
