Cloning a disk image

[Allar]

I have an encrypted .dmg file in a locked folder on my hard drive. When I clone the hard drive the disk image does not get copied if the image is not mounted prior to the clone. Is this the way it's supposed to work?

[dnanian]

Um, no, it's just a file like any other and it should certainly be copied. In my tests (done just now) it works fine here, Allar...

[Allar]

On a second cloning of the hard drive it worked.

[dnanian]

Could it have simply been Finder not refreshing properly?

[Allar]

I guess it's possible. Not smart enough to know though :)