[nmglug] rsync, what the hey?

ABQLUG community at abqlug.com
Mon May 27 15:53:26 PDT 2019


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 at 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 at 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 at 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 at 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 at 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 at alap:~$ cd /media/0435f0ab-9dfd-4d9d-ae8b-53101d419ac8
>>>>>>> bash: cd: /media/0435f0ab-9dfd-4d9d-ae8b-53101d419ac8: No such 
>>>>>>> file or directory
>>>>>>> a at alap:~$ mkdir backup
>>>>>>> a at alap:~$ cd /media/a/6fbdc743-fc0f-46e4-aea3-8160914c34ec
>>>>>>> a at alap:/media/a/6fbdc743-fc0f-46e4-aea3-8160914c34ec$ mkdir backup
>>>>>>> mkdir: cannot create directory ‘backup’: File exists
>>>>>>> a at alap:/media/a/6fbdc743-fc0f-46e4-aea3-8160914c34ec$
>>>>>>> a at alap:/media/a/6fbdc743-fc0f-46e4-aea3-8160914c34ec$ cd
>>>>>>> a at 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 at alap:~$
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
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>>

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