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Best way to Copy data on a single dvd to both a Mac and a PC?
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<blockquote data-quote="wtdedula" data-source="post: 791869" data-attributes="member: 41424"><p>Hello All;</p><p>I am fairly new to the Mac though I've used a PC for a long time. I am trying to solve a problem. I need to release a whole bunch of data for the PC and Mac on a series of four DVD's. An easy solution would be to create an individual set of four DVD's (Each) for the PC and Mac for a total of 8 DVD's. However, since the data for both formats is identical, I'd rather release a series of four DVD's rather than 8 with an a separate executable for each format to install on each machine. </p><p></p><p>I've already gotten this to work using the following shell script ... </p><p></p><p>cp -r "/Volumes/East 0N-75N/data" "/Applications/marsflight.app/Contents/MacOS"</p><p></p><p>However, it seems as you need Terminal to run this even after you set the execute bit and I'd rather give users an executable program they can just click on (without going through terminal) ? Is there any way to do this ?</p><p></p><p>I have also thought of going through Applescript but can't figure out the syntax. Here's what I have so far ...</p><p></p><p>tell application "Finder" to duplicate folder "/Volumes/East 0N-75N/data" to folder "/Applications/marsflight.app/Contents/MacOS"</p><p>end tell</p><p></p><p>I have four disks to copy into the same directory. Using Finder, each set if files is replaced which I don't want ... I want all directories and files appended to the previous. </p><p></p><p>Any ideas, thoughts, etc ... ? </p><p></p><p>Tim</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="wtdedula, post: 791869, member: 41424"] Hello All; I am fairly new to the Mac though I've used a PC for a long time. I am trying to solve a problem. I need to release a whole bunch of data for the PC and Mac on a series of four DVD's. An easy solution would be to create an individual set of four DVD's (Each) for the PC and Mac for a total of 8 DVD's. However, since the data for both formats is identical, I'd rather release a series of four DVD's rather than 8 with an a separate executable for each format to install on each machine. I've already gotten this to work using the following shell script ... cp -r "/Volumes/East 0N-75N/data" "/Applications/marsflight.app/Contents/MacOS" However, it seems as you need Terminal to run this even after you set the execute bit and I'd rather give users an executable program they can just click on (without going through terminal) ? Is there any way to do this ? I have also thought of going through Applescript but can't figure out the syntax. Here's what I have so far ... tell application "Finder" to duplicate folder "/Volumes/East 0N-75N/data" to folder "/Applications/marsflight.app/Contents/MacOS" end tell I have four disks to copy into the same directory. Using Finder, each set if files is replaced which I don't want ... I want all directories and files appended to the previous. Any ideas, thoughts, etc ... ? Tim [/QUOTE]
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