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Modified the README to include installation instructions and synchronized command line and README usage message.
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80 lines
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**Time Machine Utilities**
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**Installation**
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Simply save the utility in your system path and mark it as executable.
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If you don't know your system path, you can find it with this Terminal command:
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echo "${PATH}"
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To mark a utility as executable, use the `chmod` command:
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chmod +x tmimport.sh
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chmod +x dirdedupe.sh
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If you're still lost, do this:
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1. In your Home folder, create a new folder called `.bin`
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2. Download and save the utilities to your new `.bin` folder
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3. Use a text editor to open `.zshrc` (or `.bash_profile` on older Macs)
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from your Home folder and add the following line at the end:
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`PATH=${PATH}:${HOME}/.bin`
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4. In Terminal, run the following commands:
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`chmod +x ~/.bin/*.sh`
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5. Quit (or restart) the Terminal.
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**tmimport**
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TIME MACHINE IMPORT
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USAGE
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tmimport.sh <backup drive>
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DESCRIPTION
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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-DUPLICATOR
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USAGE
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dirdedupe.sh [--execute] masterdir shadowdir
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DESCRIPTION
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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,
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it 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.
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