Re: forgot to run as root...

2024-12-08 Thread Morgan Read via rsync
I found this helpful re /3: https://serverfault.com/questions/373058/comparing-owners-and-permissions-of-content-of-two-folders If there's any gotchas that jump out - jump on in. M On 08/12/2024 2:28 pm, Morgan Read wrote: Hello List, I've been running rsync for must be 20 years by now, but ov

forgot to run as root...

2024-12-08 Thread Morgan Read via rsync
Hello List, I've been running rsync for must be 20 years by now, but over that time the holes in the Swiss cheese that passes for my brain seem to have grown larger and been filled with budgie seed and sawdust. I once used rsync as my regular backup solution but now settle for a borg backend

Re: rsync to my external eSATA HD is crashing/freezing my system...

2018-03-25 Thread Morgan Read via rsync
On 19/03/18 14:01, Morgan Read wrote: Hello list I've been running the following command, first in fc20 and then now (since the beginning of March) in fc26: now=$(date +"%Y%m%d-%H%M"); sudo rsync -ahuAESX -vi /home/ /run/media/readlegal/Backup/home > /run/media/readlegal/Backup/rsync-changes_

rsync to my external eSATA HD is crashing/freezing my system...

2018-03-19 Thread Morgan Read via rsync
Hello list I've been running the following command, first in fc20 and then now (since the beginning of March) in fc26: now=$(date +"%Y%m%d-%H%M"); sudo rsync -ahuAESX -vi /home/ /run/media/readlegal/Backup/home > /run/media/readlegal/Backup/rsync-changes_$now Since the move to fc26, this com

combining two back ups...

2018-02-22 Thread Morgan Read via rsync
Hello list, See verbose background below[1] I've just backed up my oldmachine that I have been using recently to an external drive with: sudo rsync -avuAESX /home /run/media/mylogin/Backup/home I have a newmachine that I want to back up to the same destination and merge to that backup becaus