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This initial commit includes a directory deduplicator (for thinning out Time Machine snapshots) and an automatic tool to detect and apply the necessary metadata for a successful tmutil inherit (needed when you want to use a backup drive with a new computer, for example).
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# tmimport
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Time Machine Importer
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tmimport.sh <backup drive>
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Time Machine Importer modifies the metadata of a backup drive to match the
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current computer's model and unique identifiers (primary MAC address and
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hardware platform UUID/provisioning UDID) and attempts to 'inherit' the
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backup history.
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The backup drive should be specified by disk or volume name (or path) or
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the mount point of the backup drive. If Time Machine Importer cannot find
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an appropriate disk volume or mount point, it will check to see if the
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specified directory is a valid Backups.backupdb location (or a machine
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directory under one).
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A future version may attempt to detect HFS+ or APFS partitions serving as
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backup drives, and, if a backup drive is specified as a device path, it
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will automagically choose the correct backup path.
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# dirdedupe
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Directory De-Duplication ("Dirty Dupe")
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dirdedupe.sh [--execute] masterdir shadowdir
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For each file in shadowdir, replace it with a hard link to the matching file
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(if any) in masterdir. A file will be considered a match if, and only if, it
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shares the same file name, relative path, and contents.
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OPTIONS
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--execute Actually remove and link duplicate files. By default, this
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program runs in test mode. |