Comment by mechanicker

3 years ago

Use ‘ditto’ for copying directories. It is fast!

2 comments

mechanicker

Ditto can also be useful for backup and restore since, AFAICT, it preserves file meta data. (Unlike rsync for example.)

desro 3 years ago

`ditto` will also preserve resource forks, which is occasionally necessary for not breaking apps or installer pkgs. I've had to use it when doing a semi-automated deployment of some zipped-up software to a hundred or so Macs via bash over ARD. `ditto -xkv`