Program to automate backup sorting and moving of files.
- Pre-Sort files and folders
- Copy the files over to new folder if they DO NOT exist
- Copy Metadata between two drives
- (OSX Only) Copy color tag labels[Using TAG]
- Verify data has been written correctly to new location
- Compare files and if we have an updated version, Delete old file and replace with new one
- PYTHON3: Runs the script, not included in all OS
- XCODE Command Line Tools: (To Install TAG) optional
- TAG: Used when running on OSX to copy color tags optional
XCODE Command Line Utilities and TAG needed for color tag copying
Program still is usable, but will not copy tags on OSX
- Install Command Line tools from Terminal on Mac:
$ xcode-select --install
- Install TAG: Install via included package or Download from https://github.com/jdberry/tag
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Run PRIMARY_Backup_v2.py script and use GUI interface to select FROM and TO folder.
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Click Start and Enjoy!
python3 & location_of_script
$ python3 /Users/YouUserName/PRIMARY_Backup_v2/PRIMARY_Backup_v2.py
TODO: Finish writing instructions for Windows users.
$ python3