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Ls the -r you recommend included in "-Prvvac"
On 5/27/19 5:13 PM, ABQLUG wrote:
> To make your command work, just remove the --dry-run.
>
> I would probably add the -r for recursive.
>
> So this is what I recommend.
>
> First, start out in a empty backup folder. Create one if you don't
> want to remove the /backup folder.
>
> Then run this :
>
> rsync -Prvvac /home/a/
> /media/a/6fbdc743-fc0f-46e4-aea3-8160914c34ec/backup
>
> That's a safer option, as long as the destination is empty. It will
> also look for subfolders. Includes the . files and doesn't delete
> anything in destination.
>
> Why your original command didn't work is a simple typo.
>
> You had this
> /media/6fbdc743-fc0f-46e4-aea3-8160914c34ec/backup
>
> When it should have been this:
> /media/a/6fbdc743-fc0f-46e4-aea3-8160914c34ec/backup
>
> Notice the /a/ after /media
>
> Regards,
>
> Jared
>
>
>
> On 5/27/19 5:05 PM, a wrote:
>>
>> What would be the home path and the destination path. since it was a
>> test run it did not transfer to backup folder. What was the fix or
>> where was the error was it on my side or the online reference?
>>
>> RESULT IN PART YOUR FIX
>>
>> smartmontools-6.6/os_win32/versioninfo.rc.in
>> smartmontools-6.6/os_win32/wbemcli_small.h
>> smartmontools-6.6/os_win32/wmiquery.cpp
>> smartmontools-6.6/os_win32/wmiquery.h
>> smartmontools-6.6/os_win32/wtssendmsg.c
>> smartmontools-6.6/regex/
>> smartmontools-6.6/regex/regcomp.c
>> smartmontools-6.6/regex/regex.c
>> smartmontools-6.6/regex/regex.h
>> smartmontools-6.6/regex/regex_internal.c
>> smartmontools-6.6/regex/regex_internal.h
>> smartmontools-6.6/regex/regexec.c
>>
>> sent 521,855 bytes received 45,434 bytes 1,134,578.00 bytes/sec
>> total size is 299,316,051,752 speedup is 527,625.34 (DRY RUN)
>>
>> 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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