Re: Xcode and Time Machine
Re: Xcode and Time Machine
- Subject: Re: Xcode and Time Machine
- From: Greg Guerin <email@hidden>
- Date: Mon, 9 Jun 2008 10:38:09 -0700
Richard L. Aurbach wrote:
>In my environment, I find that I prefer Time Machine to ignore the
>contents of my build folder. This means that I have to manually add it
>to Time Machine's ignore-list for every project. But others may prefer
>to have Time Machine back up their build folders.
>
>I suggest:
>(1) Xcode should automatically add the build folder to Time Machine's
>ignore list [ IF THE USER WANTS IT TO ].
>(2) There should be an application-level default setting for this
>feature. (i.e., there should be a setting that says something like
>"Time Machine should ignore the build folder of new projects")
>(3) There should be project-level (and possibly even target-level)
>settings available to allow the user to change this default behavior
>on a case-by-case basis.
This seems like a relatively simple thing to make.
There are only 2 C functions in the Time Machine exclusion API:
<http://developer.apple.com/documentation/MacOSX/Reference/Backup/>
Write a command to add/remove items given by pathnames on the command-line,
then invoke it by adding a script to Xcode's User Script menu.
-- GG
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