On Fri, 16 May 2025 18:56:11 -0400 Default User <hunguponcont...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Fun fact: I use rsync to do backups to and external usb hard drive. If > the external drive is not connected, rsync will, without any notice, > proceed to create a backup directory under /media, with the name of > the unconnected backup drive, and happily copy to it until / is > completely filled up. Annoying, but easily fixed. But with no > separate / partition, it seems to me that could be a real "train > wreck". That seems like one good reason to have a separate / > partition. Fun fact: rsnapshot is an excellent backup tool based on rsync. There is an option to disable creating the whole kazoo if it isn't there, useful for stopping exactly that sort of thing. -- Does anybody read signatures any more? https://charlescurley.com https://charlescurley.com/blog/
