macOS Rsync full backup issue...

[sitryd]

Hey,

I wrote a script to have rsync backup my full drive, but it seems to be missing a .DS_Store file or somesuch because rather than the nice and neat list:

Applications
Library
System
Users

All the unix/kernel files are visible (e.g. /dev, /etc, and so on)

my script is:

sudo rsync -ax --eahfs --ignore-errors --delete-after --showtogo --exclude-from=.RsyncExclude.txt / '/Volumes/Backup/'
sudo bless -folder /Volumes/Kalkin/System/Library/CoreServices > '/Users/Sitryd/Library/AppleScript Logs/RsyncLog.txt' 2>&1"


is there some flag I can use to purely clone the / directory?

Thanks!

Edit: I'm also getting a lot of

chown "/Volumes/Backup/Applications/VLC/VLC.app/Contents/Resources/gl.lproj/vlc.scriptTerminology" failed: No such file or directory

type errors.... any ideas?

 

[ChrisA]

is there some flag I can use to purely clone the / directory?

In the past I've used "dd" to clone volumes. dd is a bit more brute force than rsync. Boot off a small external boot disk then dd your root disk to a backp device.

I think rsync has so trouble with files that are in use.
and I know it will not copy boot blocks and partition tables. dd is just a dump block by block raw copy