using automator for backup -- without losing folder tree?

[bernhard]

Hello,

it's long ago since I last have made a backup of my system. What primarily holds me back is that I keep pretending that I just do not have the time.

Then I fell over an article which describes how to backup recently changed data using the automator:
- create smart folder that looks for new data
- "Get smart folder contents"
- "copy finder items": copy the files in the smart folder to a "burn folder"
- "burn a disc": burn the data in the burn folder

Unfortunately, this script does not copy the path of the files. This means, I get a CD full of files, but every file is in the root directory. I would appreciate if the backuped files would get into subfolders.

for example:

I worked on ~/Documents/Work/today.doc and ~/Documents/Fun/photo.jpg.

I would like to appear these files on my backup disc in the folders
/Documents/Work/ and /Documents/Fun/.
Instead, for the moment and annoying for me, the files appear mixed up in the root folder of the backup disc, that means as /today.doc and /photo.jpg.

I already looked for a solution for hours. Could anybody please give me a hint?

Yours,

Bernhard

 

[jbarley]

Why would one want to "re-invent" the wheel?
Check out Macupdate for all the "Free" backup solutions already available that will do just what you are struggling to accomplish.

http://www.macupdate.com/search.php?arch=intel&keywords=backup&os=macosx

jb.