Hi a,

Does this work?

rsync -av --dry-run --delete --exclude=".*/" /home/a/ /media/a/6fbdc743-fc0f-46e4-aea3-8160914c34ec/backup

I would probably run that as this.

sudo rsync -Prvvac /home/path /desination/path

I prefer to keep . files and I also like the progress. -r is recursive. I wouldn't delete anything though, unless you are in fact wanting to make a true 1:1 copy of that /path/ at the given time you run the command.

Regards,

On 5/27/19 4:47 PM, a wrote:

output

a@alap:~$ ls -lAs /media/6fbdc743-fc0f-46e4-aea3-8160914c34ec/backup
ls: cannot access '/media/6fbdc743-fc0f-46e4-aea3-8160914c34ec/backup': No such file or directory

On 5/27/19 4:42 PM, ABQLUG wrote:
Hi a,

What is the output of this:

ls -lAs /media/6fbdc743-fc0f-46e4-aea3-8160914c34ec/backup

Regards,

Jared

On 5/27/19 4:25 PM, a wrote:
This is the entire method as I understand it, my reference:

https://justinsomnia.org/2009/03/how-to-rsync-your-ubuntu-home-directory-to-an-external-hard-drive/

1.) a@alap:~$ rsync -av --delete --exclude=".*/" /home/a/ /media/your_uuid/backup
sending incremental file lis

2.) rsync -av --delete --exclude=".*/" /home/a/ /media/6fbdc743-fc0f-46e4-aea3-8160914c34ec/backup

3.) a@alap:/media/a/6fbdc743-fc0f-46e4-aea3-8160914c34ec$ mkdir backup
mkdir: cannot create directory ‘backup’: File exists

Thanks

On 5/27/19 4:10 PM, ABQLUG wrote:
Hi a,

I believe that error is saying you're rsyncing to a non-existing folder. What is the command you are using?

Also, what is the output of:
lsblk

Thanks,

Jared

On 5/27/19 3:57 PM, a wrote:
Jared

thanks for the reply I took the easy way out with permissions used sudo nautilius. although it did dredge up shadow of the past with chmod.

If you have the inclination can you illustrate rsync suggestions by referring to the terminal output below in this email. I created a backup folder. but get the following" "Can anyone explain, attachment .png of uuid info. error seems to be between /media/a/uuid and a "switch" occurs /media/uuid, what the hey/"

and this error message: "rsync error: error in file IO (code 11) at main.c(675) [Receiver=3.1.2] "

If the problem is to messy to decipher I will concur. Then thanks all the same, congrats on the new club. Best, a

On 5/27/19 3:17 PM, ABQLUG wrote:
Hi a,

When using rsync, the destination and originating path needs to exist.

rsync -Prvvac /path/to/old/archive /path/to/new/archive

If the destination path doesn't exist, you will need to mkdir and mount accordingly.

However, your original question is how to change folder/file permissions.

This is how to change which user and group can access/edit a file.
sudo chown username:usergroup /path/to/file.txt

This is how to change which user and group can access/edit a folder and everything in that folder:
sudo chown -R username:usergroup /path/to/folder

This is how I would do it on my current system (to change user access to a folder):
sudo chown jr:jr /path/to/file

I know to use jr:jr because I did this:

ls -l .bash_history
-rw------- 1 jr jr 69881 May 24 13:34 .bash_history

To do this you will need to be in your user folder (or ls a file you know that you own).
pwd
/home/jr

I didn't cover chmod, so let us know if you still can't access the folder you're trying to access.

Regards,

Jared

On 5/27/19 9:25 AM, a wrote:
Hi

Can anyone explain, attachment .png of uuid info. error seems to be between /media/a/uuid and a "switch" occurs /media/uuid, what the hey/

a@alap:~$ rsync -av --delete --exclude=".*/" /home/a/ /media/your_uuid/backup
sending incremental file list
rsync: mkdir "/media/your_uuid/backup" failed: No such file or directory (2)
rsync error: error in file IO (code 11) at main.c(675) [Receiver=3.1.2]
a@alap:~$ rsync -av --delete --exclude=".*/" /home/a/ /media/6fbdc743-fc0f-46e4-aea3-8160914c34ec/backup
sending incremental file list
rsync: mkdir "/media/6fbdc743-fc0f-46e4-aea3-8160914c34ec/backup" failed: No such file or directory (2)
rsync error: error in file IO (code 11) at main.c(675) [Receiver=3.1.2]
a@alap:~$ cd /media/0435f0ab-9dfd-4d9d-ae8b-53101d419ac8
bash: cd: /media/0435f0ab-9dfd-4d9d-ae8b-53101d419ac8: No such file or directory
a@alap:~$ mkdir backup
a@alap:~$ cd /media/a/6fbdc743-fc0f-46e4-aea3-8160914c34ec
a@alap:/media/a/6fbdc743-fc0f-46e4-aea3-8160914c34ec$ mkdir backup
mkdir: cannot create directory ‘backup’: File exists
a@alap:/media/a/6fbdc743-fc0f-46e4-aea3-8160914c34ec$
a@alap:/media/a/6fbdc743-fc0f-46e4-aea3-8160914c34ec$ cd
a@alap:~$ rsync -av --delete --exclude=".*/" /home/a/ /media/6fbdc743-fc0f-46e4-aea3-8160914c34ec/backup
sending incremental file list
rsync: mkdir "/media/6fbdc743-fc0f-46e4-aea3-8160914c34ec/backup" failed: No such file or directory (2)
rsync error: error in file IO (code 11) at main.c(675) [Receiver=3.1.2]
a@alap:~$
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