[nmglug] WHAT THE HAY, aBACKUP.

[a]

Hi Geoff.
/home/a/bin/rsnapshotBackup.sh (Does not exist). Manual: suggests the program be run from terminal. Woould the following commend correct ./home/a/bin/rsnapshotBackup.sh Any suggestions?
Thanks,a

a at alap:~$ sudo find / -name rsnapshotBackup.sh
/home/a/.local/share/Trash/files/bin/rsnapshotBackup.sh
find: ‘/run/user/1000/gvfs’: Permission denied

On 10/11/20 1:20 PM, Geoff Chesshire wrote:
> 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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