[nmglug] rsync, what the hey?

[a]

OKAY I SEE IT MEDIA/A/DESTINATION FOLDER, THANKS I'LL THE PROVERBIAL OR 
ACTUAL GLUG BEER, THANKS BEST, a

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 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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