[nmglug] Backups working,now for the refinements,thanks

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working ok thanks, now for the refinements;  sudo rsync -aXS /home/a/ 
/media/a/ok/backup

On 05/16/2015 05:56 PM, a wrote:
> 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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