You aren't logging any stderr. That is where any error messages would
go. Add some 2>&1.
Also, mount has a -v
On 9/24/22 09:15, dotdeb--- via rsync wrote:
I've been using rsync for years to backup my machines both at work and
at home.
These days I faced a new "challenge": at work I connect my laptop to a
docking station with an external usb disk. I'd like to use this disk as
a backup volume.
I put my disk in /etc/fstab to be mounted at boot (with 'nofail' option
to avoid errors when I'm at home). I have no problems if the laptop is
booted after the connection to the docking station but, if I work at
home, suspend the laptop and then go to work and connect it to the
docking station and resume it, the /backup volume will not be mounted
automatically.
I found that rsyncd.conf can execute scripts before and I tried to
create a script to be executed (as early stage or pre transfer? a bit
confuser about it) to check if /backup is mounted and mount it if not.
I verified that the script is executed (I put there some debugging
"echo" sent to the log file) but the mount command within it does not
mount anything.
Here it is the rsyncd.conf
##################################
read only = false
write only = false
usechroot = true
uid = 0
gid = 0
early exec = /tmp/test-pre-exec
[rsync-backup-xxx]
comment Local rsync-backup of xxx
path = /backup/xxx
log file = /var/log/rsyncd.log
##################################
and the script /tmp/test-pre-exec
##################################
#!/bin/sh
echo -n "executing pre-xfer script ..." >> /var/log/rsyncd.log
if ! grep -qs '/backup ' /proc/mounts
then
echo -n "mounting /backup ..." >> /var/log/rsyncd.log
/usr/bin/mount >> /var/log/rsyncd.log
fi
echo " done" >> /var/log/rsyncd.log
exit 0
##################################
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