I have a drive with 2 main partitions; I plug it into a USB port and run
a script that chooses one of the partitions (using a "last touched" test
on a dummy file). Then all changed or new files are written.
Usually the backup is written to the correct partition but sometimes it
appends to /, with serious consequences!
I'm on Ubuntu. The partitions are called Ubuntu Backup 1 and Ubuntu
Backup 2. There are lots of parameters to the rsync - --excludes and a
list of directories in /.
The mount point is "/media/john/Ubuntu Backup 1" (or 2) whether the
writing is to the drive or to /.
My only defence currently is to run "df /" frequently during the backup
but even this is not foolproof as sometimes the writing of new files
comes late in the backup.
It must be a simple error - but what??
Regards,
John
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