Re: rsync, what the hey?

Ah, you figured it out!

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Regards,

Jared

On 5/27/19 5:11 PM, a wrote:
>
> OKAY I SEE IT MEDIA/A/DESTINATION FOLDER, THANKS I'LL THE PROVERBIAL 
> OR ACTUAL GLUG BEER, THANKS BEST, a
>
> On 5/27/19 4:53 PM, ABQLUG wrote:
>> Hi a,
>>
>> Does this work?
>>
>> rsync -av --dry-run --delete --exclude=".*/" /home/a/ 
>> /media/a/6fbdc743-fc0f-46e4-aea3-8160914c34ec/backup
>>
>> I would probably run that as this.
>>
>> sudo rsync -Prvvac /home/path /desination/path
>>
>> I prefer to keep . files and I also like the progress. -r is 
>> recursive. I wouldn't delete anything though, unless you are in fact 
>> wanting to make a true 1:1 copy of that /path/ at the given time you 
>> run the command.
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> On 5/27/19 4:47 PM, a wrote:
>>>
>>> output
>>>
>>> a@alap:~$ ls -lAs /media/6fbdc743-fc0f-46e4-aea3-8160914c34ec/backup
>>> ls: cannot access 
>>> '/media/6fbdc743-fc0f-46e4-aea3-8160914c34ec/backup': No such file 
>>> or directory
>>>
>>> On 5/27/19 4:42 PM, ABQLUG wrote:
>>>> Hi a,
>>>>
>>>> What is the output of this:
>>>>
>>>> ls -lAs /media/6fbdc743-fc0f-46e4-aea3-8160914c34ec/backup
>>>>
>>>> Regards,
>>>>
>>>> Jared
>>>>
>>>> On 5/27/19 4:25 PM, a wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> This is the entire method as I understand it, my reference:
>>>>>
>>>>> https://justinsomnia.org/2009/03/how-to-rsync-your-ubuntu-home-directory-to-an-external-hard-drive/
>>>>>
>>>>> 1.) a@alap:~$ rsync -av --delete --exclude=".*/" /home/a/ 
>>>>> /media/your_uuid/backup
>>>>> sending incremental file lis
>>>>>
>>>>> 2.)  rsync -av --delete --exclude=".*/" /home/a/ 
>>>>> /media/6fbdc743-fc0f-46e4-aea3-8160914c34ec/backup
>>>>>
>>>>> 3.) a@alap:/media/a/6fbdc743-fc0f-46e4-aea3-8160914c34ec$ mkdir 
>>>>> backup
>>>>> mkdir: cannot create directory ‘backup’: File exists
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks
>>>>>
>>>>> On 5/27/19 4:10 PM, ABQLUG wrote:
>>>>>> Hi a,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I believe that error is saying you're rsyncing to a non-existing 
>>>>>> folder. What is the command you are using?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Also, what is the output of:
>>>>>> lsblk
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Jared
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On 5/27/19 3:57 PM, a wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Jared
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> thanks for the reply I took the easy way out with permissions 
>>>>>>> used sudo nautilius. although it did dredge up shadow of the 
>>>>>>> past with chmod.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> If you have the inclination can you illustrate rsync suggestions 
>>>>>>> by referring to the terminal output below in this email. I 
>>>>>>> created a backup folder. but get the following"  "Can anyone 
>>>>>>> explain, attachment .png of uuid info. error seems to be 
>>>>>>> between  /media/a/uuid and a "switch"  occurs /media/uuid, what 
>>>>>>> the hey/"
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> and this error message: "rsync error: error in file IO (code 11) 
>>>>>>> at main.c(675) [Receiver=3.1.2] "
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> If the problem is to messy to decipher I will concur. Then 
>>>>>>> thanks all the same, congrats on the new club. Best, a
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On 5/27/19 3:17 PM, ABQLUG wrote:
>>>>>>>> Hi a,
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> When using rsync, the destination and originating path needs to 
>>>>>>>> exist.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> rsync -Prvvac /path/to/old/archive /path/to/new/archive
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> If the destination path doesn't exist, you will need to mkdir 
>>>>>>>> and mount accordingly.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> However, your original question is how to change folder/file 
>>>>>>>> permissions.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> This is how to change which user and group can access/edit a file.
>>>>>>>> sudo chown username:usergroup /path/to/file.txt
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> This is how to change which user and group can access/edit a 
>>>>>>>> folder and everything in that folder:
>>>>>>>> sudo chown -R username:usergroup /path/to/folder
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> This is how I would do it on my current system (to change user 
>>>>>>>> access to a folder):
>>>>>>>> sudo chown jr:jr /path/to/file
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I know to use jr:jr because I did this:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> ls -l .bash_history
>>>>>>>> -rw------- 1 jr jr 69881 May 24 13:34 .bash_history
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> To do this you will need to be in your user folder (or ls a 
>>>>>>>> file you know that you own).
>>>>>>>> pwd
>>>>>>>> /home/jr
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I didn't cover chmod, so let us know if you still can't access 
>>>>>>>> the folder you're trying to access.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Regards,
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Jared
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On 5/27/19 9:25 AM, a wrote:
>>>>>>>>> Hi
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Can anyone explain, attachment .png of uuid info. error seems 
>>>>>>>>> to be between  /media/a/uuid and a "switch"  occurs 
>>>>>>>>> /media/uuid, what the hey/
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> a@alap:~$ rsync -av --delete --exclude=".*/" /home/a/ 
>>>>>>>>> /media/your_uuid/backup
>>>>>>>>> sending incremental file list
>>>>>>>>> rsync: mkdir "/media/your_uuid/backup" failed: No such file or 
>>>>>>>>> directory (2)
>>>>>>>>> rsync error: error in file IO (code 11) at main.c(675) 
>>>>>>>>> [Receiver=3.1.2]
>>>>>>>>> a@alap:~$ rsync -av --delete --exclude=".*/" /home/a/ 
>>>>>>>>> /media/6fbdc743-fc0f-46e4-aea3-8160914c34ec/backup
>>>>>>>>> sending incremental file list
>>>>>>>>> rsync: mkdir 
>>>>>>>>> "/media/6fbdc743-fc0f-46e4-aea3-8160914c34ec/backup" failed: 
>>>>>>>>> No such file or directory (2)
>>>>>>>>> rsync error: error in file IO (code 11) at main.c(675) 
>>>>>>>>> [Receiver=3.1.2]
>>>>>>>>> a@alap:~$ cd /media/0435f0ab-9dfd-4d9d-ae8b-53101d419ac8
>>>>>>>>> bash: cd: /media/0435f0ab-9dfd-4d9d-ae8b-53101d419ac8: No such 
>>>>>>>>> file or directory
>>>>>>>>> a@alap:~$ mkdir backup
>>>>>>>>> a@alap:~$ cd /media/a/6fbdc743-fc0f-46e4-aea3-8160914c34ec
>>>>>>>>> a@alap:/media/a/6fbdc743-fc0f-46e4-aea3-8160914c34ec$ mkdir 
>>>>>>>>> backup
>>>>>>>>> mkdir: cannot create directory ‘backup’: File exists
>>>>>>>>> a@alap:/media/a/6fbdc743-fc0f-46e4-aea3-8160914c34ec$
>>>>>>>>> a@alap:/media/a/6fbdc743-fc0f-46e4-aea3-8160914c34ec$ cd
>>>>>>>>> a@alap:~$  rsync -av --delete --exclude=".*/" /home/a/ 
>>>>>>>>> /media/6fbdc743-fc0f-46e4-aea3-8160914c34ec/backup
>>>>>>>>> sending incremental file list
>>>>>>>>> rsync: mkdir 
>>>>>>>>> "/media/6fbdc743-fc0f-46e4-aea3-8160914c34ec/backup" failed: 
>>>>>>>>> No such file or directory (2)
>>>>>>>>> rsync error: error in file IO (code 11) at main.c(675) 
>>>>>>>>> [Receiver=3.1.2]
>>>>>>>>> a@alap:~$
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
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