FileMaker Server backup permissions

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#1

Hi, pleas help! I am trying to use a flash drive to backUp from FileMaker Sever 13 but the filepath is always invalid. I need to add or copy the same folder permissions from the data folder to the flash drive or so I think. I did an applescript to do this and it works… but only with basic permissions the FM data folder has other groups that I do not know how to add into a different disk. Any idea will help here is the AppleScropt:

set the_folder to (choose folder with prompt "Choose a Folder to copy the permissions:") as Unicode text
set the_path1 to POSIX path of the result
log the_path1
do shell script "stat -f %p " & quoted form of the_path1
set The_permissions to the result
log The_permissions
if The_permissions is greater than 1 then
	display dialog ("Ok! we got the permissions #" & The_permissions & " now choose a folder in wich to paste the permissions ") buttons {"Paste in folder...", "Abort"} default button {"Paste in folder..."} with title "Second step" with icon 1
	if button returned of the result is equal to "Paste in folder..." then
		set the_folder to (choose folder with prompt "Choose a Folder to paste the permissions #" & The_permissions) as Unicode text
		set the_path2 to POSIX path of the result
		do shell script "chmod " & The_permissions & " " & quoted form of the_path2
	end if
end if
#2

My if you need to preserve potentially complex permissions on copied files, my recommendation would be to perform the copy operation by having the Applescript do a “do shell script” and use rsync with the “-p” option to perform the copy.