Article:		Learning the Mac OS X Terminal, Part 5
Subject:		Sudo and ditto
Date:		2002-07-08 02:26:01
From:		tjj
Works very well, thank you. I like to back up my ~folder, once in a while. And if I run a script with ditto from my crontab it chokes: copying file ./Library/Preferences/com.apple.NetInfoManager.plist ... com.apple.NetInfoManager.plist: Permission denied /Volumes/FirewireDrive2/HomeBackUp/tjj/Library/Preferences/com.apple.NetInfoManager.plist: Permission denied If the script is run from terminal: sudo backup.sh, no problem. And ditto IS much faster copying 1.7 Gb than RsyncX sync'ing 1.4 Gb. But how do I get around the sudo issue with ditto? Regards Thomas Jon

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• Sudo and ditto
  2002-07-13 10:04:24  markedwards2 [View]
  
  
  You need to run the command from root's crontab. You can determine which crontab your are editing with the -u flag:
  
  crontab -e -u root
  
  Read
  
  man crontab
• Sudo and ditto
  2002-08-07 01:32:12  tjj [View]
  
  
  Right, thanks. That did the trick:)
• Sudo and ditto
  2002-08-07 01:30:28  tjj [View]
  
  
  Right, thanks. That did the trick. Now it runs without choking.
  Ditto copies 1.3 Gb much faster than rsync (RsyncX) synchronizes the same directories with a lot of changes.