On Wed May 21, 2025 at 10:09 AM BST, Dan Purgert wrote:
As far as I know namespaces (read: poorly), the backup script would
need to execute setns(2) in order to join the previously created
namespace for your "/backup" target. But, I've only used them with
networking devices, so there may be ot
On Wed May 21, 2025 at 10:05 AM BST, Nicolas George wrote:
Does it mean you like your backup drive to be permanently plugged to
the computer? That protects you from hardware failures and human
mistakes, but not from large physical damage or theft.
This drive is permanently connected to this co
On Wed, May 21, 2025 at 11:38:38AM +0200, Nicolas George wrote:
> to...@tuxteam.de (HE12025-05-21):
> > Actually, this makes a lot of sense (well, nearly): keep backup constantly
> > synced, unmount/mount only on media rotation, carry freshly unmounted
> > medium to safe place.
>
> It only becomes
to...@tuxteam.de (HE12025-05-21):
> Actually, this makes a lot of sense (well, nearly): keep backup constantly
> synced, unmount/mount only on media rotation, carry freshly unmounted
> medium to safe place.
It only becomes an effective backup at the time it is unmounted to move
the medium to the s
On Wed, May 21, 2025 at 11:05:37AM +0200, Nicolas George wrote:
> Jonathan Dowland (HE12025-05-21):
> > I'd like /backup permanently
> > mounted
>
> Does it mean you like your backup drive to be permanently plugged to the
> computer? That protects you from h
Jonathan Dowland (HE12025-05-21):
> I'd like /backup permanently
> mounted
Does it mean you like your backup drive to be permanently plugged to the
computer? That protects you from hardware failures and human mistakes,
but not from large physical damage or
On May 21, 2025, Jonathan Dowland wrote:
> On Tue May 20, 2025 at 3:50 PM BST, Dan Purgert wrote:
> > I used /mnt/backup because I only wanted the partition mounted while the
> > backup was running (it was one of several on that physical drive). The
> > backup script did the mount/rsync/unmount as
On Tue May 20, 2025 at 3:50 PM BST, Dan Purgert wrote:
I used /mnt/backup because I only wanted the partition mounted while
the backup was running (it was one of several on that physical drive).
The backup script did the mount/rsync/unmount as part of the
execution. Really, the only point of th
On Tue, May 20, 2025 at 11:35:14AM -0400, Lee wrote:
> On Tue, May 20, 2025 at 10:08 AM tomas wrote:
> >
> > On Tue, May 20, 2025 at 09:45:11AM -0400, Lee wrote:
> > > On Tue, May 20, 2025 at 9:33 AM wrote:
> >
> > [...]
> >
> > > > What do you do if you get two USBs containing file systems with
>
On Tue, May 20, 2025 at 10:08 AM tomas wrote:
>
> On Tue, May 20, 2025 at 09:45:11AM -0400, Lee wrote:
> > On Tue, May 20, 2025 at 9:33 AM wrote:
>
> [...]
>
> > > What do you do if you get two USBs containing file systems with
> > > the same UUID?
> >
> > Is that possible? I suppose it is.. so I'
On Tue, May 20, 2025 at 10:50:50AM -0400, Dan Purgert wrote:
[...]
> I used /mnt/backup because I only wanted the partition mounted while the
> backup was running (it was one of several on that physical drive). The
> backup script did the mount/rsync/unmount as part of the execution.
> Really, th
On May 20, 2025, Lee wrote:
> On Tue, May 20, 2025 at 6:00 AM Jonathan Dowland wrote:
> >
> > On Tue May 20, 2025 at 6:41 AM BST, Kamil Jońca wrote:
> > > why not
> > > if ! mountpoint /mnt/usb-drive-b ; then ...
> > > ?
> >
> > I'd not heard of either `mountpoint` or `findmnt` before. I see they'
On Tue, May 20, 2025 at 09:45:11AM -0400, Lee wrote:
> On Tue, May 20, 2025 at 9:33 AM wrote:
[...]
> > What do you do if you get two USBs containing file systems with
> > the same UUID?
>
> Is that possible? I suppose it is.. so I'd go looking for how to
> change the UUID for one of the usb dr
On Tue, May 20, 2025 at 9:33 AM wrote:
>
> On Tue, May 20, 2025 at 09:30:37AM -0400, Lee wrote:
> > On Tue, May 20, 2025 at 6:00 AM Jonathan Dowland wrote:
> > >
> > > On Tue May 20, 2025 at 6:41 AM BST, Kamil Jońca wrote:
> > > > why not
> > > > if ! mountpoint /mnt/usb-drive-b ; then ...
> > > >
On Tue, May 20, 2025 at 09:30:37AM -0400, Lee wrote:
> On Tue, May 20, 2025 at 6:00 AM Jonathan Dowland wrote:
> >
> > On Tue May 20, 2025 at 6:41 AM BST, Kamil Jońca wrote:
> > > why not
> > > if ! mountpoint /mnt/usb-drive-b ; then ...
> > > ?
> >
> > I'd not heard of either `mountpoint` or `fin
On Tue, May 20, 2025 at 6:00 AM Jonathan Dowland wrote:
>
> On Tue May 20, 2025 at 6:41 AM BST, Kamil Jońca wrote:
> > why not
> > if ! mountpoint /mnt/usb-drive-b ; then ...
> > ?
>
> I'd not heard of either `mountpoint` or `findmnt` before. I see they're
> both part of util-linux, so I guess as
On Tue May 20, 2025 at 6:41 AM BST, Kamil Jońca wrote:
why not
if ! mountpoint /mnt/usb-drive-b ; then ...
?
I'd not heard of either `mountpoint` or `findmnt` before. I see they're
both part of util-linux, so I guess as likely as each other to be
available (which is one criterion I would use
Andy Smith writes:
> Hi,
>
> On Sun, May 18, 2025 at 12:47:25PM -0400, Default User wrote:
>> Since I know almost no shell scripting, the rsync usb drive A
>> to usb drive B copy is done with a simple bash script consisting
>> only of the rsync backup command, with options and parameters, but
>
On Mon, May 19, 2025 at 3:22 PM Dan Purgert wrote:
>
> On May 19, 2025, Lee wrote:
> > On Sun, May 18, 2025 at 8:03 PM Greg Wooledge wrote:
> > >
> > > On Sun, May 18, 2025 at 19:51:04 -0400, Lee wrote:
> > > > On Sun, May 18, 2025 at 4:51 PM Andy Smith wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > Hi,
> > > > >
> >
On May 19, 2025, Lee wrote:
> On Sun, May 18, 2025 at 8:03 PM Greg Wooledge wrote:
> >
> > On Sun, May 18, 2025 at 19:51:04 -0400, Lee wrote:
> > > On Sun, May 18, 2025 at 4:51 PM Andy Smith wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Hi,
> > > >
> > > > On Sun, May 18, 2025 at 12:47:25PM -0400, Default User wrote:
> >
On Sun, May 18, 2025 at 8:03 PM Greg Wooledge wrote:
>
> On Sun, May 18, 2025 at 19:51:04 -0400, Lee wrote:
> > On Sun, May 18, 2025 at 4:51 PM Andy Smith wrote:
> > >
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > On Sun, May 18, 2025 at 12:47:25PM -0400, Default User wrote:
> > > > Since I know almost no shell scripting,
On Sun, May 18, 2025 at 19:51:04 -0400, Lee wrote:
> On Sun, May 18, 2025 at 4:51 PM Andy Smith wrote:
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > On Sun, May 18, 2025 at 12:47:25PM -0400, Default User wrote:
> > > Since I know almost no shell scripting, the rsync usb drive A
> > > to usb drive B copy is done with a simpl
On Sun, May 18, 2025 at 4:51 PM Andy Smith wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> On Sun, May 18, 2025 at 12:47:25PM -0400, Default User wrote:
> > Since I know almost no shell scripting, the rsync usb drive A
> > to usb drive B copy is done with a simple bash script consisting
> > only of the rsync backup command, wi
Thanks, Andy!
I'll give it a try.
Hi,
On Sun, May 18, 2025 at 12:47:25PM -0400, Default User wrote:
> Since I know almost no shell scripting, the rsync usb drive A
> to usb drive B copy is done with a simple bash script consisting
> only of the rsync backup command, with options and parameters, but
> without any code to verify t
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