[nmglug] Backups

[a]

correction the backup is complete in /media/home/.
but not loading onto the USB stick.

On 05/16/2015 05:38 PM, a wrote:
> i am planning to reload the ubuntu 12.04 lts due to possible 
> corruption. I have used rsync to create a home partition
>
> sudo  mkdir  /media/home
> sudo  mount  -a
> sudo  rsync-aXS  /home/./media/home/.
> cd  /
> sudo  mv  /home/home_backup
> sudo  mkdir  /home
> I have a backup copy in /media/8F5F-FD13
>
> a at a-laptop:~$ sudo rsync /home_backup/home/a/  /media/a /8F5F-ED13/
> [sudo] password for a:
> skipping directory .
> skipping directory a
> a at a-laptop:~$ cd /
> a at a-laptop:/$ cd /
> a at a-laptop:/$ sudo rsync /home_backup/home/a/  /media/a /8F5F-ED13/
> skipping directory .
> skipping directory a
> a at a-laptop:/$ sudo rsync /home_backup/home/  /media/a /8F5F-ED13/
> skipping directory .
> skipping directory a
> /dev/sdb
> it is not transfering to the usb stick which is /dev/sdba
>
> @a-laptop:~$ blkid
> /dev/sda1: UUID="81a9a7f1-32c7-41e6-a5ed-e626c4d3a1c3" TYPE="ext4"
> /dev/sda3: UUID="8c3b8759-76c0-40ed-9cb3-e8641fac818c" TYPE="ext4"
> /dev/sda5: UUID="449ae967-f8bf-4ea5-98d9-09407fb8f269" TYPE="swap"
> /dev/sdb1: SEC_TYPE="msdos" UUID="8F5F-ED13" TYPE="vfat"
>
> could it be that the usb stick is vfat although aptik has transferred 
> several back up files to the usb stick.
> or my coding errors?
>
>
>
>
>
> On 05/16/2015 11:28 AM, J. Marsden DeLapp wrote:
>> On Fri, 15 May 2015 17:20:37 -0600
>> a <a at kaluta.us> wrote:
>>
>>> can you give me an idea of the corrected code  there a few mail
>>> directories I wish to save.would saving these be sufficient to
>>> transfer contents to new reload?
>> I like to use rsync for backups. cp -a is good for a file or two. rsync
>> is way better to backup up directories. And rsync works well for
>> restoring from backups.;
>>
>> Here is a simple example
>>
>> First I do a dry run to see what will happen, especially important when
>> using --delete.
>> rsync -havn /home/me/ /backup/home/me/ --delete --exclude=*.iso
>>
>> Then get rid of the n option to actually do it.
>> rsync -hav /home/me/ /backup/home/me/ --delete --exclude=*.iso
>>
>>
>> And for extra credit, here is a more complex example from a backup
>> script file.
>>
>> rsync -hav  $task $dest$task --backup --backup-dir=$bkupdest$task
>> --exclude-from=$whatnottobackup --delete --one-file-system
>> --numeric-ids --delete-excluded
>>
>> Where $task is something like
>> /etc/
>> /home/me/
>> /var/www/
>>
>> $dest$task is something like
>> /backup/hostname/current/etc/
>>
>> $bkupdest$task is something like
>> /backup/hostname/2015-05/16/etc/
>>
>> $whatnottobackup is a file that includes things like
>> #exclude.txt file
>> *.SV$
>> *.bak
>> *.iso
>> /var/cache/apt/archives
>> Trash/
>> trash/
>>
>>
>> Mars
>>
>
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