Re: Detecting change in folder contents

From	Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com>
Newsgroups	alt.comp.lang.applescript
Subject	Re: Detecting change in folder contents
Date	2017-04-15 13:32 +0000
Organization	People for the Ethical Treatment of Pirates
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On 2017-04-15, Adrian Tuddenham <adrian@poppyrecords.invalid.invalid> wrote:
> Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> wrote:
>
>> On 2017-04-14, Adrian Tuddenham <adrian@poppyrecords.invalid.invalid> wrote:
>> > OS 8.6
>> > Applescript 1.3.7
>> >
>> > I am trying to write a backup script and want to detect only those
>> > folders where changes have taken place.  I want to avoid burrowing down
>> > into thousands of archived folders and files where there have been no
>> > changes.
>> 
>> Why use AppleScript for this? There are command-line tools like rsync
>> that are designed for this purpose and excel at it.
>
> How do I use command-line in OS 8.6?

I missed that detail. Sorry.

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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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