[nmglug] Fwd: Re: WHAT THE HAY, aBACKUP.

a a at kaluta.us
Sun Oct 11 15:13:54 PDT 2020 

a at alap:~$ sudo rsnapshot configtest
[sudo] password for a:
Syntax OK
Yes as described. I will look into finding the backup script.

On 10/11/20 3:56 PM, a wrote:
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> Subject: 	Re: [nmglug] WHAT THE HAY, aBACKUP.
> To: 	Geoff Chesshire <geoff at newmexico.com>
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> let me try and explain what  the simple issue that presented itself be 
> before I began "Fixing" malfunction which has caused this current 
> tumult and where i approximately now. I attempted a backup by first 
> clicking on the icon then a screen would open which included a small 
> square to click, that screen would appear for a fraction of a second 
> and blink out. Now i have replaced the icon, (emblem syboliclink.png) 
> in the trash is /bin/rsnapshot.sh opening that:#!/bin/bash
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> echo "backup of a home"
> rsnapshot alpha
> echo "done"
> read -n
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> using rickety logic icon>parapathetic page (not found page)>home run. 
> minus my intervention. Now I will divine your description. Yes we did 
> not finish 2:00 AM, by street lamp, outside second street cafe. Thanks
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> On 10/11/20 1:20 PM, Geoff Chesshire wrote:
>> Hi Anthony,
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>> 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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