[nmglug] WHAT THE HAY, aBACKUP.

[Geoff Chesshire]

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 at 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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