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Note that unless you export the path of the Keka binary, you should call it like this: /Applications/Keka.app/Contents/MacOS/Keka ...Your line: % /Applications/Keka.app/Contents/MacOS/Keka --ignore-file-access -cli tar -cf /Users/zero7404/Documents/iOS\ Archives/zero7404\ iphone\ archive.tar /Users/zero7404/Library/Application\ Support/MobileSync/Backup/00008110-000174E83682801EObviously this is in case you have Keka in your Applications folder. Replace with your used folder if needed. |
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thank you for the advice aonez ... really appreciate it can i insert a line like this in crontab to have it create my tar every day at 11 am ?
Keka is already granted Full Disk Access, but it is not listed in Accessibility (control your computer). concern here is that when it's launched from crontab, it will run with the correct user privileges. |
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I'm not using |
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just looking for confirmation that the command for Keka executable starts with: /Applications/Keka.app/Contents/MacOS/Keka ... i don't think i need to insert an 'open' command to the left of it as you would do when trying to run a .app file from within crontab. |
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here is what i inserted in crontab:
it runs Keka, but this comes up, it doesn't appear to follow the tar command that's stated in the crontab line ... https://drive.google.com/file/d/1zzMDHHAq3KMHYPMYbxr7NIugu9dxIDPs/view?usp=sharing here is the dialog of the error that the keka progress bar shows:
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Sorry @zero7404 I did not noticed you're using |
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thanks for spotting that. added cron to full disk access in sysprefs. after that, the regular tar command ran successfully at the designated time. if some added benefit to using the keka option over standard tar in this manner, willing to try it. |
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i have Keka and would like to use it in one of these 2 ways to automate my archives. i currently have automator workflows for my archive jobs but that uses the default apple archive utility, and i would like to end up with uncompressed tar archives.
for example, i want to archive my ios device backup from terminal:
% Keka --ignore-file-access -cli tar -cf /Users/zero7404/Documents/iOS\ Archives/zero7404\ iphone\ archive.tar /Users/zero7404/Library/Application\ Support/MobileSync/Backup/00008110-000174E83682801Ebut terminal says:
zsh: command not found: Kekai was hoping i could get this command into crontab, and i've tried the traditional method of creating a shell script (that works when run in terminal), for some reason when i add it in crontab, it will not run. i use full path names:
#!/bin/shexport PATH=$PATH:/usr/binrm -rv /Users/zero7404/Documents/iOS\ Archives//zero7404\ iphone\ archive.tarsleep 1star -cvf /Users/zero7404/Documents/iOS\ Archives/zero7404\ iphone\ archive.tar /Users/zero7404/Library/Application\ Support/MobileSync/Backup/00008110-000174E83682801E/*whether i can do something like this in automator or directly in crontab, i would be happy with either. if i create an app using automator, i insert it into crontab with the 'open -a' command and set my other parameters.
for example, my current crontab looks like this and these apps (created using automator workflows) execute fine at the designated times:
10 11 * * 1,3,5 open -a zero7404\ iphone\ archive.app20 11 * * 1,3,5 open -a apple\ mail\ archive.app30 11 * * 1,3,5 open -a apple\ emlx\ archive.appif you would be able to assist me in any way I would greatly appreciate that.
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