Backup local folder to server script.

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#1

I have writen this script and want to make sure this is the best way to back and sync a folder to the server. Any suggestions would be helpful.

tell application "System Events" to get name of current user
set iUser to result
set iVolume to "EMPLOYEE_BACKUP"

if (list disks) does not contain iVolume then
	display dialog "Enter Network Password" default answer "" with hidden answer
	set iPass to the text returned of the result
	set iServer to "afp://ourserver/EMPLOYEE_BACKUP"
	mount volume iServer as user name iUser with password iPass
	
	do shell script "rsync -a -e ssh /My\\ Projects /Volumes/EMPLOYEE_BACKUP/`whoami`/My_Backup --update"
	
else
	
	do shell script "rsync -a -e ssh /My\\ Projects /Volumes/EMPLOYEE_BACKUP/`whoami`/My_Backup --update"
	
end if
#2

The “front” end certainly looks ok. Can’t test the rsync scripts, so don’t know about them.

You can compress things a bit here and there:

 display dialog "Enter Network Password" default answer "" with hidden answer
   set iPass to the text returned of the result
-- can become:
set iPass to text returned of (display dialog "Enter Network Password" default answer "" with hidden answer)

but that’s no big deal.

Also, this works - you don’t need an else since it’s the same either way:

if (list disks) does not contain iVolume then
   display dialog "Enter Network Password" default answer "" with hidden answer
   set iPass to the text returned of the result
   set iServer to "afp://ourserver/EMPLOYEE_BACKUP"
   mount volume iServer as user name iUser with password iPass
end if
 do shell script "rsync -a -e ssh /My\\ Projects /Volumes/EMPLOYEE_BACKUP/`whoami`/My_Backup --update"