Re: [PLUG] rsync command syntax => RDIFF-BACKUP

2023-04-15 Thread Rich Shepard
On Sat, 15 Apr 2023, MC_Sequoia wrote: So, you're using a disk imaging tool to create incremental backups and the using a remote file synchronization tool to do another incremental backup. The original RAID1 logical volume broke; wiped out both disks. Now I do the backups to bkup1 and will

Re: [PLUG] rsync command syntax => RDIFF-BACKUP

2023-04-15 Thread Russell Senior
Dirvish is just a wrapper on rsync. On Sat, Apr 15, 2023, 12:47 MC_Sequoia wrote: > "Dirvish makes snapshot copies of changed files. So the cron job that runs > at 00:30 each night copies changes in files in the 8 vaults (directories > or partitions). What I want to follow that daily update is

Re: [PLUG] rsync command syntax => RDIFF-BACKUP

2023-04-15 Thread MC_Sequoia
"Dirvish makes snapshot copies of changed files. So the cron job that runs at 00:30 each night copies changes in files in the 8 vaults (directories or partitions). What I want to follow that daily update is to copy only the changed files from bkup1 to bkup2." So, you're using a disk imaging

Re: [PLUG] rsync command syntax

2023-04-15 Thread Rich Shepard
On Sat, 15 Apr 2023, Michael Ewan wrote: Doing rsync in cron you might add the --log-file=filename option Thank you, Michael. I will. Rich

Re: [PLUG] rsync command syntax

2023-04-15 Thread Michael Ewan
Doing rsync in cron you might add the --log-file=filename option On Sat, Apr 15, 2023, 9:58 AM Vince Winter wrote: > If you have a trailing / on src, it will only copy contents. If you leave / > off on src, it copy the directory. > > -a is archive mode. Which is likely fine unless you need

Re: [PLUG] rsync command syntax

2023-04-15 Thread Rich Shepard
On Sat, 15 Apr 2023, MC_Sequoia wrote: If you're simply trying to create a copy of a directory, why not just use the command "cp -R " Rsync isn't the right tool IMHO to simply copy a daily a file from one place to another. "Remote Syncronization" only updates the files or dirs tha have

Re: [PLUG] rsync command syntax

2023-04-15 Thread MC_Sequoia
"I want to write a cron job for root to copy the daily backup from /media/bkup1/ to /media/bkup2/. Is this rsync command sufficient? rsync -avz /media/bkup1 /media/bkup2" I've to ask the seemingly obvious question here. What exactly are you trying to accomplish here? If you're simply trying

Re: [PLUG] rsync command syntax

2023-04-15 Thread Vince Winter
If you have a trailing / on src, it will only copy contents. If you leave / off on src, it copy the directory. -a is archive mode. Which is likely fine unless you need more. This should be fine for a basic rsync cronjob. rsync -a You can get much more complex with rsync if you want but

Re: [PLUG] rsync command syntax

2023-04-15 Thread Rich Shepard
On Sat, 15 Apr 2023, Randy Bush wrote: i am also too subtle. you might use the man page and check out those parameter choices. randy, I saw in the man page that --archive, -a archive mode is -rlptgoD (no -A,-X,-U,-N,-H) which looked like your first example. Regards, Rich

Re: [PLUG] rsync command syntax

2023-04-15 Thread Rich Shepard
On Sat, 15 Apr 2023, Russell Senior wrote: You probably want the -H option too, to preserve hardlinks. Russell, Okay. I wondered about that and about -r for recursive, but I think that the -a archive option does recursion. Also, my lizard brain is telling me you want trailing slashes too.

Re: [PLUG] rsync command syntax

2023-04-15 Thread Randy Bush
>> truth is, being a lazy typist and prone to memory errors, i use these >>alias rsy='/usr/bin/rsync -vlpPStgoHx' >>alias rsyr='/usr/bin/rsync -vPaHxRS' > Thank you. I'm not a lazy typist and the command will be in a two-line > shell script. i am also too subtle. you might use the

Re: [PLUG] rsync command syntax

2023-04-15 Thread Rich Shepard
On Sat, 15 Apr 2023, Randy Bush wrote: truth is, being a lazy typist and prone to memory errors, i use these alias rsy='/usr/bin/rsync -vlpPStgoHx' alias rsyr='/usr/bin/rsync -vPaHxRS' randy, Thank you. I'm not a lazy typist and the command will be in a two-line shell script.

Re: [PLUG] rsync command syntax

2023-04-15 Thread Rich Shepard
On Sat, 15 Apr 2023, Michael Ewan wrote: Yes. However, compression (z) is not necessary when on the same machine. Compression is only effective on a slow network connection. Michael, Thank you. I wasn't aware of the use of compression. Regards, Rich

Re: [PLUG] rsync command syntax

2023-04-15 Thread Russell Senior
You probably want the -H option too, to preserve hardlinks. Also, my lizard brain is telling me you want trailing slashes too. I'll take Michael's suggestion about -z as given without further research and suggest:   rsync -v -a -H /media/bkup1/ /media/bkup2/ I also suggest reading "man rsync"

Re: [PLUG] rsync command syntax

2023-04-15 Thread Randy Bush
truth is, being a lazy typist and prone to memory errors, i use these alias rsy='/usr/bin/rsync -vlpPStgoHx' alias rsyr='/usr/bin/rsync -vPaHxRS' randy

Re: [PLUG] rsync command syntax

2023-04-15 Thread Michael Ewan
Yes. However, compression (z) is not necessary when on the same machine. Compression is only effective on a slow network connection. On Sat, Apr 15, 2023 at 8:17 AM Rich Shepard wrote: > I want to write a cron job for root to copy the daily backup from > /media/bkup1/ to /media/bkup2/. Is this

[PLUG] rsync command syntax

2023-04-15 Thread Rich Shepard
I want to write a cron job for root to copy the daily backup from /media/bkup1/ to /media/bkup2/. Is this rsync command sufficient? rsync -avz /media/bkup1 /media/bkup2 TIA, Rich

Re: [PLUG] Backup issue needs resolution [FIXED]

2023-04-15 Thread Rich Shepard
On Sat, 15 Apr 2023, Rich Shepard wrote: How do I get /media/bkup1 up and running again? By rebooting the desktop. Whew! I now return you to your normal Saturday. Rich

[PLUG] Backup issue needs resolution

2023-04-15 Thread Rich Shepard
While moving hardware (a monitor) yesterday I inadvertently shut down power to the MediaSonic Probox. When I restored power and turned it on 'mount' showed the four drives were mounted. This morning there were no backups reported. 'mount' shows: /dev/sde1 on /media/bkup1 type xfs (rw) but, df