Re: rsync problem

2018-09-27 Thread Michael
thanks Matt. I ignored the squirrel this time! disk not plugged in. there is a seagate expansion drive directory in /media. after further investigation it seems rsync backed the seagate expansion drive to /media and not to /media/Seagate\ Expansion\ Drive. Would you say rmdir and things should

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2018-09-27 Thread Carruth, Rusty
Well, my Dr says I have ADD, but I think he's wrong because - HEY, look at that rabbit! -Original Message- Subject: Re: rsync problem ... (Sometimes, I think people don't read the stuff I write... is it horrible mail clients, spam filtering, short attention spans, or--SQUIRREL! --

Re: rsync problem

2018-09-27 Thread Matt Graham
mount /dev/sdc1 on /media/bmike1/Seagate Expansion Drive1 type fuseblk bmike1@MikesBeast ~ $ ls -l /media/bmike1 drwxr-xr-x 3 root   root   4096 Sep 25 19:16 Seagate Expansion Drive drwxrwxrwx 1 bmike1 bmike1 4096 Sep 25 19:57 Seagate Expansion Drive1 On 2018-09-27 15:06, Bob Elzer wrote:

Re: rsync problem

2018-09-27 Thread Bob Elzer
what about running the rsync command from root? if you know the root password, you can sudo to root and run the rsync command and it should be able to accomplish any reads and writes On Thu, Sep 27, 2018, 3:01 PM Matt Graham wrote: > /dev/sdc1 on /media/bmike1/Seagate Expansion Drive1

Re: rsync problem

2018-09-27 Thread Matt Graham
/dev/sdc1 on /media/bmike1/Seagate Expansion Drive1 type fuseblk bmike1@MikesBeast ~ $ ls -l /media/bmike1 drwxr-xr-x 3 root   root   4096 Sep 25 19:16 Seagate Expansion Drive drwxrwxrwx 1 bmike1 bmike1 4096 Sep 25 19:57 Seagate Expansion Drive1 Have a good look at the ls -l output and the

Re: rsync problem

2018-09-27 Thread Michael
Questions would be are you unmounting before you remove it. yes where do you keep it and how do you treat it. it sits on top of the computer do you keep it you glove compartment and go off roading everyday? not at all my guess would be you are not unmounting it correctly. if you yank it out before