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- From: aaron@studsys.mscs.mu.edu (Aaron Schrab)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system
- Subject: Re: Using "FIND" for backup in System 7?
- Date: 17 Dec 1992 08:02:16 GMT
- Organization: Marquette University - Department MSCS
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- References: <1992Dec17.045521.5664@news.media.mit.edu>
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- In article <1992Dec17.045521.5664@news.media.mit.edu> minsky@media.mit.edu (Marvin Minsky) writes:
- >Someone suggested using the Finder's "Find" for making backups. I can
- >set it to "All at Once" and "file created after xxx". Then all those
- >files are highlighted -- but so are the folder names containing them.
- >Anyone know a way to only select the files and not the folders?
- >Otherwise the backups are too gross...
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- After the files are selected in this way do another find using the selected items,
- and searching for files whose "kind does not contain folder". This should unselect all folders.
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- <<<Aaron Schrab>>> | <<<Even I have no idea what I say.>>>
- aaron@studsys.mscs.mu.edu | The world isn't what I want it to be
- Kammerling@aol.com | anymore. It used to be so easy ...
- A.Schrab@genie.geis.com | to make believe. -the Tick #4
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