If you've used FTP at a low level, you'll know that you need to transfer files in ASCII or BINARY mode depending on the content of the file. (For example, a movie file is BINARY and a text document is ASCII.) I've been backing up a server with FTP. I forgot to set the BINARY mode on the archives that are transferred and they were corrupted as a result. Fortunately a command-line program exists that will fix this problem: fixgzip. It can be downloaded here:
http://www.gzip.org/fixgz.zip
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iBackup: backup select files and folders
iBackup (Mac OS X only) http://www.grapefruit.ch/iBackup/downloads.html
Although Mac OS X has Time machine for general computer backups, sometimes you just want to select certain file and folder to backup to another location.
Although Mac OS X has Time machine for general computer backups, sometimes you just want to select certain file and folder to backup to another location.
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