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Re: Detecting change in folder contents

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From	Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com>
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Subject	Re: Detecting change in folder contents
Date	15 Apr 2017 16:58:48 GMT
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On 2017-04-15, Adrian Tuddenham <adrian@poppyrecords.invalid.invalid> wrote:
> Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> wrote:
>
>> As I mentioned back in March, there are applications that synchronize
>> folders in classic Mac OS, like Folder Synchronizer (see the "Previous
>> Versions" link on this page):
>> 
>> <http://www.softobe.com/folderssynchronizer.html>
>
> Thank you, I remember your reply, but that software is only available
> for OSX.

My goodness. Please pay attention. As I stated when I first mentioned
it, and again above, there is a version that will run on classic Mac OS,
which you can find by clicking the "Previous Versions" link on the above
web page.

> I can delve into every folder for the Modification Dates of the files,
> but it is a very slow business which would be unsuitable for a regular
> daily backup.  I was hoping to identify folders that had not changed
> (most of them) and skip over them.

Using AppleScript is an inefficient way to do what you want to do.
That's why I suggested you use an application that is designed to do it
more quickly.

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JR

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Detecting change in folder contents adrian@poppyrecords.invalid.invalid (Adrian Tuddenham) - 2017-04-14 22:01 +0100
  Re: Detecting change in folder contents Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2017-04-14 21:55 +0000
    Re: Detecting change in folder contents adrian@poppyrecords.invalid.invalid (Adrian Tuddenham) - 2017-04-15 08:59 +0100
      Re: Detecting change in folder contents Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2017-04-15 13:32 +0000
  Re: Detecting change in folder contents Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2017-04-15 13:36 +0000
    Re: Detecting change in folder contents adrian@poppyrecords.invalid.invalid (Adrian Tuddenham) - 2017-04-15 17:52 +0100
      Re: Detecting change in folder contents Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2017-04-15 16:58 +0000
        Re: Detecting change in folder contents adrian@poppyrecords.invalid.invalid (Adrian Tuddenham) - 2017-04-15 21:01 +0100
          Re: Detecting change in folder contents Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2017-04-15 21:27 +0000

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