Re: WHAT THE HAY, aBACKUP.

Hi Geoff,

I find there is no better way to back up your system than using rsync. Rotate you files every two weeks or a month and get daily snapshots of your entire system without taking up much space, time, or cycles.

Cheers,

https://linuxconfig.org/how-to-create-incremental-backups-using-rsync-on-linux

https://www.linux.com/training-tutorials/how-backup-files-linux-rsync-command-line/

Sent: Monday, October 12, 2020 at 3:10 PM

From: "a" <[email protected]>

To: [email protected]

Subject: Re: [nmglug] WHAT THE HAY, aBACKUP.

Hi Geoff

a@alap:~$ /home/a/bin/rsnapshotBackup.sh

backup of a home

----------------------------------------------------------------------------

rsnapshot encountered an error! The program was invoked with these options:

/usr/bin/rsnapshot alpha

----------------------------------------------------------------------------

ERROR: Could not mkpath("/media/a/aBackup/alpha.0/", 0, 0755);

done

/home/a/bin/rsnapshotBackup.sh: line 6: read: -n: option requires an

argument

read: usage: read [-ers] [-a array] [-d delim] [-i text] [-n nchars] [-N

nchars] [-p prompt] [-t timeout] [-u fd] [name ...]

a@alap:~$ /home/a/bin/alpha.20

bash: /home/a/bin/alpha.20: Is a directory

a@alt,a

Thanks,a

On 10/11/20 10:43 PM, Geoff Chesshire wrote:

> Hi Anthony,

>

> You can copy any one of the files like

> /media/a/aBackup/alpha.13/alap/home/a/bin/rsnapshotBackup.sh over into

> /home/a/bin/ as these are all identical backup copies of the same file.

> Then after plugging in your external backup drive, you can run

> /home/a/bin/rsnapshotBackup.sh (with no "." at the beginning) in a

> terminal to make a new backup. Just be patient to let it finish.

>

> Thanks,

> Geoff Chesshire

>

> On 10/11/20 8:27 PM, a wrote:

>> Hi Geoff.

>> /home/a/bin/rsnapshotBackup.sh (Does not exist). Manual: suggests the

>> program be run from terminal. Woould the following commend correct

>> ./home/a/bin/rsnapshotBackup.sh Any suggestions?

>> Thanks,a

>>

>> a@alap:~$ sudo find / -name rsnapshotBackup.sh

>> /home/a/.local/share/Trash/files/bin/rsnapshotBackup.sh

>> find: ‘/run/user/1000/gvfs’: Permission denied

>>

>> On 10/11/20 1:20 PM, Geoff Chesshire wrote:

>>> Hi Anthony,

>>>

>>> I remember when Jason wrote the script in /home/a/bin/rsnapshotBackup.sh

>>> that runs the rsnapshot backup commands. We were with you either at the

>>> second street brewery or in our office. I think you had to leave before

>>> the script could be thoroughly tested. It could possibly be improved,

>>> but it should work.

>>>

>>> The directory aBackup/ should exist on your external backup drive, so

>>> that when you plug it into the USB port, it gets mounted at

>>> /media/a/aBackup/ ... Then the backup script may be used to run the

>>> (well-documented) rsnapshot utility to back up your home directory onto

>>> your external backup drive. Obviously this works only if the external

>>> backup drive is plugged into the USB port.

>>>

>>> Thanks,

>>> Geoff Chesshire

>>>

>>> On 10/11/20 12:58 PM, a wrote:

>>>> /bin/rsnapshotBackup.sh

>>>>

>>>> The referenced trash item, /bin/rsnapshotBackup.sh was last accessed

>>>> july 19 (in properties) the same date of my last backup file #20 what

>>>> do you think put it in the file system and let it rip? The numbered

>>>> files13-17 i imagine identify the previous backup up numbered files

>>>> corresponding to that on the external drive,i haven't checked if the

>>>> external referenced files have content (aside: my backup up external

>>>> disk was connected to the computer,relevant?). the presenting problem

>>>> manifested by an intermediate "file" flashing on for a fractional

>>>> second. i have restored the original icon when i initially copied the

>>>> icon content it contained: /rsnapshotBackup.sh that same code

>>>> content. what I find missing is the parapathetic flash then disapear

>>>> page. which when pressing a small bar which then began the external

>>>> save.

>>>>

>>>> Jason, who seems to be on hiatus, originally installed intalled

>>>> aBackup, which speaks to its merit. Searching independently I could

>>>> find no supporting text for aBackup. Akkana thanks for your interest.

>>>>

>>>> On 10/11/20 12:10 PM, Akkana Peck wrote:

>>>>> a writes:

>>>>>> "/bin/rsnapshotBackup.sh" (attach) is sitting in the "trash", can I

>>>>>> copy

>>>>>> this part "/rsnapshotBackup.sh" and drop in in the file system and

>>>>>> if do

>>>>>> drop it in the files system will it auto place in correct order? Any

>>>>>> insight? Thanks, a

>>>>> Maybe. But it might not be the one you want. It looks like you have

>>>>> several files called rsnapshotBackup.sh:

>>>>>

>>>>> a writes:

>>>>>> a@alap:~$ sudo find / -name rsnapshotBackup.sh

>>>>>> [sudo] password for a:

>>>>>> /media/a/aBackup/alpha.17/alap/home/a/bin/rsnapshotBackup.sh

>>>>>> /media/a/aBackup/alpha.16/alap/home/a/bin/rsnapshotBackup.sh

>>>>>> /media/a/aBackup/alpha.15/alap/home/a/bin/rsnapshotBackup.sh

>>>>>> /media/a/aBackup/alpha.14/alap/home/a/bin/rsnapshotBackup.sh

>>>>>> /media/a/aBackup/alpha.13/alap/home/a/bin/rsnapshotBackup.sh

>>>>> [ ... ]

>>>>>> /home/a/.local/share/Trash/files/bin/rsnapshotBackup.sh

>>>>> [ ... ]

>>>>>

>>>>> So you have the one in the Trash, plus five more in various places

>>>>> under /media/a/aBackup.

>>>>>

>>>>> That one in the Trash could be a really old one. I don't know what

>>>>> rsnapshotBackup.sh -- does it restore from an old backup? In that

>>>>> case, the one in the Trash could be a super old one, or a bad one

>>>>> that didn't work right.

>>>>>

>>>>> I would guess that the one in /media/a/aBackup/alpha.17 is the

>>>>> newest, but I wouldn't assume that without looking at the dates

>>>>> on all six of the files.

>>>>>

>>>>> Personally, I'd be leery of using backup software that (a) doesn't

>>>>> have documentation that clearly tells you where to find the restore

>>>>> files, and (b) stores things in directories named "alpha". Alpha

>>>>> usually means very early software that hasn't been tested much and

>>>>> should only be considered experimental. But that's just me.

>>>>>

>>>>> You should definitely make an offline copy of any files on your disk

>>>>> that are really important to you -- e.g. copy them to an external

>>>>> hard drive, and then unplug the hard drive -- before running any

>>>>> shell script where you're not sure exactly what it does, and where

>>>>> you're choosing from six different versions of the script without

>>>>> being sure why there are six of them.

>>>>>

>>>>> ...Akkana

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