Re: finder archive
Re: finder archive
- Subject: Re: finder archive
- From: "Gary (Lists)" <email@hidden>
- Date: Thu, 06 Oct 2005 16:56:01 -0400
"Andrew Turner" wrote:
>
> On 4/10/05 11:01 pm, "Bob Cuilla" <email@hidden> wrote:
>
>> Has anyone scripted the finder file menu command "archive"
>>
>> I have a desktop folder name "my folder" I would like to archive thru AS
>
>
> I construct the command line
> /usr/bin/ditto -c -k --sequesterRsrc "/path/to/my folder/"
> "/path/to/archived folder.zip"
I'm curious why 'zip' or 'gzip' or another compression command is not a
first choice here.
Is this a case of "six of one, half dozen of the other"?
Or are there real reasons for not using one of those archiving commands?
--
As a total aside, after reading through the 'ditto' man page...
'ditto' seems to violate one of those long-held Unix beliefs that a command
should do one thing...only. Not something I particularly care about, if it
works, but I've read that hardcore *nixers look down on commands like that.
They would rather 'pipe' from command to command.
--
Gary
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