Computer OSes need a UI for handling long copy operations that may get interrupted.

Damn. I started this on Friday and it's still showing 14 hours to go.

I hope it actually works.

Question: given a process that has been running for over 48 hours, how long should I allow it to run with the estimated time remaining at five seconds?

In conclusion: it didn't work correctly.

I dunno what happened, but it copied over basically everything from 2015 and 2016, then dropped everything between then and now.

So that sucks.

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The source is a Time Machine backup. Will rsync handle all the proprietary shit that's tied into that? I know it uses custom extended attributes and the unusual directory hard links.

@benis Its output is a horror show of misfeatures stacked on top of each other.

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