[nmglug] WHAT THE HAY, aBACKUP.

[a]

Hi Geoff

Could not find?

a at alap:~$ cd /home/a/bin
bash: cd: /home/a/bin: No such file or directory
a at alap:~$ cd /home/a/bin/
bash: cd: /home/a/bin/: No such file or directory
a at alap:~$ cd ~/home/a/bin/

Thanks, a

On 10/12/20 7:26 AM, a wrote:
> Hi Geoff
>
> Can I just open /home/a/bin/ and drop  a copy of 
> "media/a/aBackup/alpha.13/alap/home/a/bin/rsnapshotBackup.sh" into 
> that file in alphabetical order will it sort if out of order, or will 
> i need to brush up on copy commands.
>
> Thanks, a
>
> On 10/11/20 10:43 PM, Geoff Chesshire wrote:
>> Hi Anthony,
>>
>> You can copy any one of the files like
>> /media/a/aBackup/alpha.13/alap/home/a/bin/rsnapshotBackup.sh over into
>> /home/a/bin/ as these are all identical backup copies of the same file.
>> Then after plugging in your external backup drive, you can run
>> /home/a/bin/rsnapshotBackup.sh (with no "." at the beginning) in a
>> terminal to make a new backup.  Just be patient to let it finish.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Geoff Chesshire
>>
>> On 10/11/20 8:27 PM, a wrote:
>>> 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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