[nmglug] WHAT THE HAY, aBACKUP.

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Hi Geoff

Following your instructions:

/media/a/aBackup/alpha.13/alap/home/a/bin/rsnapshotBackup.sh over into
/home/a/bin/

Can you identify the issue below insufficient to your instruction.

Thanks,a

a at alap:~$ cp -av 
/media/a/aBackup/alpha.17/alap/home/a/bin/rsnapshot.sh//home/a/a at alap:~$ 
cp -av 
/media/a/aBackup/alpha.17/alap/home/a/bin/rsnapshot.sh//home/a/bin/rsnapshot.sh/
cp: missing destination file operand after 
'/media/a/aBackup/alpha.17/alap/home/a/bin/rsnapshot.sh//home/a/bin/rsnapshot.sh/'
Try 'cp --help' for more information.
a at alap:~$ cp -av /media/a/aBackup/alpha.17/alap/home/a/bin/rsnapshot.sh/ 
/home/a/bin/rsnapshot.sh/
cp: cannot stat 
'/media/a/aBackup/alpha.17/alap/home/a/bin/rsnapshot.sh/': Input/output 
error
a at alap:~$

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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