I need to archive a folder with 1TB of info in it. The problem is I don't have enough space on the drive where it is at the moment to add the new compressed file. It takes forever to shift such large chunks of info between drives. Can I change the compression location such that the compressed archive of the folder is written to a new drive?
Mac OS X (10.7.4)
Maybe this will help:
ditto -c -k --sequesterRsrc --keepParent name_of_source_dir /path/to/destination/name_of_archive.zip
Ok, here's how to do it.
1. Move the 1TB folder you want to zip up, to the Desktop. Rename this folder to "backup"
2. Open Terminal (/Applications/Utilities)
3. Copy and paste into Terminal:
cd ~/Desktop
4. Hit enter
5. Copy and paste into Terminal:
ditto -c -k --sequesterRsrc --keepParent backup /Volumes/Backup\ 1/backup.zip
6. Hit enter
Should be done!
Let me know how it goes. 🙂
Morgan
Thanks. Now I think I just need help in how to reference a plugged in USB drive called "Backup 1" which will be the destination
Thanks. Stupidly I missed the / in front of Volumes. Thanks for the help.
Compress a folder to another location
