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<p>a@alap:~$ sudo rsnapshot configtest<br>
[sudo] password for a: <br>
Syntax OK<br>
Yes as described. I will look into finding the backup script.<br>
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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<br>
<br>
echo "backup of a home"<br>
rsnapshot alpha<br>
echo "done"<br>
read -n<br>
<br>
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<br>
<br>
On 10/11/20 1:20 PM, Geoff Chesshire wrote:<br>
<blockquote type="cite">Hi Anthony,<br>
<br>
I remember when Jason wrote the script in
/home/a/bin/rsnapshotBackup.sh<br>
that runs the rsnapshot backup commands. We were with you
either at the<br>
second street brewery or in our office. I think you had to
leave before<br>
the script could be thoroughly tested. It could possibly be
improved,<br>
but it should work.<br>
<br>
The directory aBackup/ should exist on your external backup
drive, so<br>
that when you plug it into the USB port, it gets mounted at<br>
/media/a/aBackup/ ... Then the backup script may be used to
run the<br>
(well-documented) rsnapshot utility to back up your home
directory onto<br>
your external backup drive. Obviously this works only if the
external<br>
backup drive is plugged into the USB port.<br>
<br>
Thanks,<br>
Geoff Chesshire<br>
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On 10/11/20 12:58 PM, a wrote:<br>
<blockquote type="cite">/bin/rsnapshotBackup.sh<br>
<br>
The referenced trash item, /bin/rsnapshotBackup.sh was last
accessed<br>
july 19 (in properties) the same date of my last backup file
#20 what<br>
do you think put it in the file system and let it rip? The
numbered<br>
files13-17 i imagine identify the previous backup up
numbered files<br>
corresponding to that on the external drive,i haven't
checked if the<br>
external referenced files have content (aside: my backup up
external<br>
disk was connected to the computer,relevant?). the
presenting problem<br>
manifested by an intermediate "file" flashing on for a
fractional<br>
second. i have restored the original icon when i initially
copied the<br>
icon content it contained: /rsnapshotBackup.sh that same
code<br>
content. what I find missing is the parapathetic flash then
disapear<br>
page. which when pressing a small bar which then began the
external save.<br>
<br>
Jason, who seems to be on hiatus, originally installed
intalled<br>
aBackup, which speaks to its merit. Searching independently
I could<br>
find no supporting text for aBackup. Akkana thanks for your
interest.<br>
<br>
On 10/11/20 12:10 PM, Akkana Peck wrote:<br>
<blockquote type="cite">a writes:<br>
<blockquote type="cite">"/bin/rsnapshotBackup.sh" (attach)
is sitting in the "trash", can I<br>
copy<br>
this part "/rsnapshotBackup.sh" and drop in in the file
system and<br>
if do<br>
drop it in the files system will it auto place in
correct order? Any<br>
insight? Thanks, a<br>
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Maybe. But it might not be the one you want. It looks like
you have<br>
several files called rsnapshotBackup.sh:<br>
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a writes:<br>
<blockquote type="cite">a@alap:~$ sudo find / -name
rsnapshotBackup.sh<br>
[sudo] password for a:<br>
/media/a/aBackup/alpha.17/alap/home/a/bin/rsnapshotBackup.sh<br>
/media/a/aBackup/alpha.16/alap/home/a/bin/rsnapshotBackup.sh<br>
/media/a/aBackup/alpha.15/alap/home/a/bin/rsnapshotBackup.sh<br>
/media/a/aBackup/alpha.14/alap/home/a/bin/rsnapshotBackup.sh<br>
/media/a/aBackup/alpha.13/alap/home/a/bin/rsnapshotBackup.sh<br>
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[ ... ]<br>
<blockquote type="cite">/home/a/.local/share/Trash/files/bin/rsnapshotBackup.sh<br>
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[ ... ]<br>
<br>
So you have the one in the Trash, plus five more in
various places<br>
under /media/a/aBackup.<br>
<br>
That one in the Trash could be a really old one. I don't
know what<br>
rsnapshotBackup.sh -- does it restore from an old backup?
In that<br>
case, the one in the Trash could be a super old one, or a
bad one<br>
that didn't work right.<br>
<br>
I would guess that the one in /media/a/aBackup/alpha.17 is
the<br>
newest, but I wouldn't assume that without looking at the
dates<br>
on all six of the files.<br>
<br>
Personally, I'd be leery of using backup software that (a)
doesn't<br>
have documentation that clearly tells you where to find
the restore<br>
files, and (b) stores things in directories named "alpha".
Alpha<br>
usually means very early software that hasn't been tested
much and<br>
should only be considered experimental. But that's just
me.<br>
<br>
You should definitely make an offline copy of any files on
your disk<br>
that are really important to you -- e.g. copy them to an
external<br>
hard drive, and then unplug the hard drive -- before
running any<br>
shell script where you're not sure exactly what it does,
and where<br>
you're choosing from six different versions of the script
without<br>
being sure why there are six of them.<br>
<br>
...Akkana<br>
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