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2024-07-09 Thread Richard Bostrom
rsync works perfectly well i apologize for whining it was a simple permissions issue. oh what you have to put up with ... Yours sincerely Richardh Bostrom Sent with [Proton Mail](https://proton.me/) secure email.

Re: Home UPS recommendations (Was Re: rsync --delete vs rsync --delete-after)

2024-02-11 Thread Roy J. Tellason, Sr.
On Friday 09 February 2024 04:41:37 pm hw wrote: > On Fri, 2024-02-09 at 11:34 -0500, Roy J. Tellason, Sr. wrote: > > On Friday 09 February 2024 06:07:16 am hw wrote: > > > What other manufacturers could we buy UPSs from? > > > > I have a Tripp-Lite sitting next to me here that replaced an APC an

Re: Home UPS recommendations (Was Re: rsync --delete vs rsync --delete-after)

2024-02-09 Thread Dan Ritter
hw wrote: > On Fri, 2024-02-09 at 06:44 -0500, Dan Ritter wrote: > > hw wrote: > > > On Thu, 2024-02-08 at 15:29 +, Andy Smith wrote: > > > > [...] > > > That sucks. I didn't know that they don't stand behind their > > > products, and it makes APC not recommendable any longer. > > > > > > W

Re: Home UPS recommendations (Was Re: rsync --delete vs rsync --delete-after)

2024-02-09 Thread hw
On Fri, 2024-02-09 at 11:34 -0500, Roy J. Tellason, Sr. wrote: > On Friday 09 February 2024 06:07:16 am hw wrote: > > What other manufacturers could we buy UPSs from? > > I have a Tripp-Lite sitting next to me here that replaced an APC and > has 2-1/2 times the capabiliity. Been in service sever

Re: Home UPS recommendations (Was Re: rsync --delete vs rsync --delete-after)

2024-02-09 Thread hw
On Fri, 2024-02-09 at 06:44 -0500, Dan Ritter wrote: > hw wrote: > > On Thu, 2024-02-08 at 15:29 +, Andy Smith wrote: > > > [...] > > That sucks. I didn't know that they don't stand behind their > > products, and it makes APC not recommendable any longer. > > > > What other manufacturers cou

Re: Home UPS recommendations (Was Re: rsync --delete vs rsync --delete-after)

2024-02-09 Thread Stefan Monnier
>> What other manufacturers could we buy UPSs from? > I have a Tripp-Lite sitting next to me here that replaced an APC and has > 2-1/2 times the capabiliity. Been in service several weeks and so far I'm > pretty happy with it... Would they accept a warranty claim without having to run some propri

Re: Home UPS recommendations (Was Re: rsync --delete vs rsync --delete-after)

2024-02-09 Thread Roy J. Tellason, Sr.
On Friday 09 February 2024 06:07:16 am hw wrote: > What other manufacturers could we buy UPSs from? I have a Tripp-Lite sitting next to me here that replaced an APC and has 2-1/2 times the capabiliity. Been in service several weeks and so far I'm pretty happy with it... -- Member of the tou

Re: Home UPS recommendations (Was Re: rsync --delete vs rsync --delete-after)

2024-02-09 Thread Dan Ritter
hw wrote: > On Thu, 2024-02-08 at 15:29 +, Andy Smith wrote: > > [...] > That sucks. I didn't know that they don't stand behind their > products, and it makes APC not recommendable any longer. > > What other manufacturers could we buy UPSs from? Liebert at the high end, CyberPower at the lo

Re: Home UPS recommendations (Was Re: rsync --delete vs rsync --delete-after)

2024-02-09 Thread hw
On Thu, 2024-02-08 at 15:29 +, Andy Smith wrote: > [...] > Someone on the apcupsd mailing list thinks I have a faulty UPS or > battery and should get a replacement. > > APC refuses to proceed with a warranty claim because they don't > support apcupsd or nut, only their own proprietary Powerchu

Re: Home UPS recommendations (Was Re: rsync --delete vs rsync --delete-after)

2024-02-08 Thread Curt
On 2024-02-08, Charles Curley wrote: > On Thu, 8 Feb 2024 15:29:21 + > Andy Smith wrote: > >> I do not overly want to buy a Windows licence, run it >> in a VM and pass USB through to that VM just to try this. > > You could try wine. You might need the more recent crossover-office, > which is

Re: Home UPS recommendations (Was Re: rsync --delete vs rsync --delete-after)

2024-02-08 Thread Charles Curley
On Thu, 8 Feb 2024 15:29:21 + Andy Smith wrote: > I do not overly want to buy a Windows licence, run it > in a VM and pass USB through to that VM just to try this. You could try wine. You might need the more recent crossover-office, which is proprietary (but contributes greatly to wine). --

Re: Home UPS recommendations (Was Re: rsync --delete vs rsync --delete-after)

2024-02-08 Thread Andy Smith
Hello, On Sun, Jan 28, 2024 at 06:55:04PM +, Andy Smith wrote: > So, I must admit, I am quite tempted by BX1600MI which would cost me > about £183. The equivalent spec in the Pro range is more than twice > this price. [ TL;DR: While free software like apcupsd or nut support all APC models t

Re: Home UPS recommendations (Was Re: rsync --delete vs rsync--delete-after)

2024-01-28 Thread gene heskett
On 1/28/24 13:55, Andy Smith wrote: Hi, Thanks, this is very useful. On Sun, Jan 28, 2024 at 06:58:08PM +0100, hw wrote: However, stay away from their cheap models as seen on this[1] picture (Back UPS). They work and you can replace the batteries yourself even though you're not supposed to.

Re: Data and hardware protection measures; was: rsync --delete vs rsync --delete-after

2024-01-28 Thread Brad Rogers
On Sun, 28 Jan 2024 19:19:55 +0100 hw wrote: Hello hw, >How do you know in advance when the battery will have failed? Even my very basic UPS (APC Backup 1400) has a light on the front labelled "Replace Battery". That, combined with a very annoying high pitch scream, are pretty good motivators

Re: Home UPS recommendations (Was Re: rsync --delete vs rsync --delete-after)

2024-01-28 Thread Andy Smith
Hi, Thanks, this is very useful. On Sun, Jan 28, 2024 at 06:58:08PM +0100, hw wrote: > However, stay away from their cheap models as seen on this[1] picture > (Back UPS). They work and you can replace the batteries yourself even > though you're not supposed to. It's a minimum basic device. It

Re: Data and hardware protection measures; was: rsync --delete vs rsync --delete-after

2024-01-28 Thread hw
On Fri, 2024-01-26 at 15:56 +, Michael Kjörling wrote: > On 26 Jan 2024 16:11 +0100, from h...@adminart.net (hw): > > I rather spend the money on new batteries (EUR 40 last time after 5 > > years) every couple years [...] To comment myself, I think was 3 years, not 5, sorry. > > The hardware

Re: Home UPS recommendations (Was Re: rsync --delete vs rsync --delete-after)

2024-01-28 Thread hw
On Fri, 2024-01-26 at 15:17 +, Andy Smith wrote: > Hi, > > On Fri, Jan 26, 2024 at 04:11:39PM +0100, hw wrote: > > I've never had issues with any UPS due to self tests. The batteries > > need to be replaced when they are worn out. How often that is > > required depends on the UPS and the con

Re: rsync --delete vs rsync --delete-after

2024-01-28 Thread hw
On Fri, 2024-01-26 at 16:27 +, Michael Kjörling wrote: > On 26 Jan 2024 16:39 +0100, from h...@adminart.net (hw): > [...] > > Having multiple generations of backups already increases the needed > > storage space by a bit more than half. That makes it already arguable > > if it's better to make

Re: rsync --delete vs rsync --delete-after

2024-01-27 Thread Ralph Aichinger
On Fri, 2024-01-26 at 16:11 +0100, hw wrote: > I've never had issues with any UPS due to self tests.  The batteries > need to be replaced when they are worn out.  How often that is > required depends on the UPS and the conditions it is working in, > usually every 3--5 years. It was with some small

Re: Home UPS recommendations (Was Re: rsync --delete vs rsync --delete-after)

2024-01-27 Thread Roger Price
On Fri, 26 Jan 2024, David Wright wrote: On Fri 26 Jan 2024 at 19:03:33 (+0100), Roger Price wrote: I currently have two Eaton Ellipse ECO 1600's. ... The four screws are deeply recessed and difficult to see. They have different heads: some are Torx 10, others are a star. 20/20 hindsight m

Re: Home UPS recommendations (Was Re: rsync --delete vs rsync --delete-after)

2024-01-26 Thread David Wright
On Fri 26 Jan 2024 at 19:03:33 (+0100), Roger Price wrote: > I currently have two Eaton Ellipse ECO 1600's. I change the batteries > every 4-5 years, but this is not as easy as it should be. It is not > evident that only one of the four back panel screws needs to be > removed. I took me a while

Re: Home UPS recommendations (Was Re: rsync --delete vs rsync --delete-after)

2024-01-26 Thread Roger Price
On Fri, 26 Jan 2024, Andy Smith wrote: Out of interest what brand of UPS do you recommend for home use that has easily-replaceable batteries every 3–5 years? For a load of about 300W. I currently have two Eaton Ellipse ECO 1600's. I change the batteries every 4-5 years, but this is not as ea

Re: rsync --delete vs rsync --delete-after

2024-01-26 Thread Michael Kjörling
On 26 Jan 2024 16:39 +0100, from h...@adminart.net (hw): >> RAID is for uptime. > > It's also for saving you from the hassle involved with loosing data > when a disk fails. Which translates to more quickly fully recovering from the loss of a storage device. When used for redundancy and staying w

Re: Data and hardware protection measures; was: rsync --delete vs rsync --delete-after

2024-01-26 Thread Michael Kjörling
On 26 Jan 2024 16:11 +0100, from h...@adminart.net (hw): > I rather spend the money on new batteries (EUR 40 last time after 5 > years) every couple years [...] > > The hardware is usually extremely difficult --- and may be impossible > --- to replace. And let's not forget that you can _plan_ to

Re: rsync --delete vs rsync --delete-after

2024-01-26 Thread hw
On Thu, 2024-01-18 at 13:09 +, Michael Kjörling wrote: > On 18 Jan 2024 13:26 +0100, from r...@h5.or.at (Ralph Aichinger): > > As a home/SOHO user, I'd rather have a working backup every few hours > > or every day than some RAID10 wonder > > Definitely agree that a solid backup regimen (includ

Re: Home UPS recommendations (Was Re: rsync --delete vs rsync --delete-after)

2024-01-26 Thread fxkl47BF
On Fri, 26 Jan 2024, Andy Smith wrote: > Hi, > > On Fri, Jan 26, 2024 at 04:11:39PM +0100, hw wrote: >> I've never had issues with any UPS due to self tests. The batteries >> need to be replaced when they are worn out. How often that is >> required depends on the UPS and the conditions it is wor

Home UPS recommendations (Was Re: rsync --delete vs rsync --delete-after)

2024-01-26 Thread Andy Smith
Hi, On Fri, Jan 26, 2024 at 04:11:39PM +0100, hw wrote: > I've never had issues with any UPS due to self tests. The batteries > need to be replaced when they are worn out. How often that is > required depends on the UPS and the conditions it is working in, > usually every 3--5 years. Out of int

Re: rsync --delete vs rsync --delete-after

2024-01-26 Thread hw
On Thu, 2024-01-18 at 13:26 +0100, Ralph Aichinger wrote: > Hello fellow Debian users, > > On Thu, 2024-01-18 at 12:18 +0100, hw wrote: > > > Always use an UPS. > > > Here I have a somewhat contrarian view, I hope not to offend too much: It's not offending, you merely have a different opinion.

Re: rsync --delete vs rsync --delete-after

2024-01-18 Thread Michel Verdier
On 2024-01-18, Andy Smith wrote: > Could check the man page then like I said. > > Some options require rsync to know the full file list, so these > options disable the incremental recursion mode. These include: > --delete-before, --delete-after, --prune-empty-dirs, an

Re: rsync --delete vs rsync --delete-after

2024-01-18 Thread Default User
On Thu, 2024-01-18 at 21:44 +, Andy Smith wrote: > Hello, > > On Thu, Jan 18, 2024 at 10:01:46PM +0100, Michel Verdier wrote: > > On 2024-01-18, Andy Smith wrote: > > > If you use --delete-after (and some other options) then rsync has > > > to > > >

Re: rsync --delete vs rsync --delete-after

2024-01-18 Thread Andy Smith
Hello, On Thu, Jan 18, 2024 at 10:01:46PM +0100, Michel Verdier wrote: > On 2024-01-18, Andy Smith wrote: > > If you use --delete-after (and some other options) then rsync has to > > check every file before it can do any work, whereas normally it will > > find a few files

Re: rsync --delete vs rsync --delete-after

2024-01-18 Thread Michel Verdier
On 2024-01-18, Andy Smith wrote: > If you use --delete-after (and some other options) then rsync has to > check every file before it can do any work, whereas normally it will > find a few files to work on and start work, meanwhile incrementally > scanning for more. Not sure of that.

Re: rsync --delete vs rsync --delete-after

2024-01-18 Thread Stefan Monnier
>> > However, I have read that using rsync --delete instead of rsync -- >> > delete-after is faster and uses less memory, and so is more efficient.  >> I'd be surprised if it makes a significant difference. > If you use --delete-after (and some other options) then

Re: rsync --delete vs rsync --delete-after

2024-01-18 Thread Andy Smith
Hello, On Wed, Jan 17, 2024 at 11:09:35PM -0500, Stefan Monnier wrote: > > However, I have read that using rsync --delete instead of rsync -- > > delete-after is faster and uses less memory, and so is more efficient.  > > I'd be surprised if it makes a significant

Re: rsync --delete vs rsync --delete-after

2024-01-18 Thread Ralph Aichinger
On Thu, 2024-01-18 at 13:09 +, Michael Kjörling wrote: > > Definitely agree that a solid backup regimen (including regular > automated backups; at least one off-site copy _at least_ of critical, > hot data; and planning for the contingency that you need to restore > that backup onto a brand ne

Re: rsync --delete vs rsync --delete-after

2024-01-18 Thread Michael Kjörling
On 18 Jan 2024 13:26 +0100, from r...@h5.or.at (Ralph Aichinger): > As a home/SOHO user, I'd rather have a working backup every few hours > or every day than some RAID10 wonder Definitely agree that a solid backup regimen (including regular automated backups; at least one off-site copy _at least_

Re: rsync --delete vs rsync --delete-after

2024-01-18 Thread Michel Verdier
drive (maybe using an additional > configuration file)? You can safely rsync entire rsnapshot backups if you use --hard-links option to preserve links set by rsnapshot. You have to rsync "entire" rsnapshot directory else it can't set correct hard links.

Re: rsync --delete vs rsync --delete-after

2024-01-18 Thread Ralph Aichinger
Hello fellow Debian users, On Thu, 2024-01-18 at 12:18 +0100, hw wrote: > Always use an UPS. Here I have a somewhat contrarian view, I hope not to offend too much: For countries with stable electricity supplies (like Austria where I live) having a small UPS might actually lead to more problems

Re: rsync --delete vs rsync --delete-after

2024-01-18 Thread Michael Kjörling
hat case, a backup with more than one "back" > version would be more useful (see --link-dest in rsync for that). > > It is not against the system running amok and thrashing all attached > disks (be it by accident -- improbable, or by malice -- more probable. > cf. c

Re: rsync --delete vs rsync --delete-after

2024-01-18 Thread hw
On Wed, 2024-01-17 at 14:52 -0500, Default User wrote: > On Wed, 2024-01-17 at 10:29 -0800, Kushal Kumaran wrote: > > On Wed, Jan 17 2024 at 11:19:39 AM, Default User > > wrote: > > > Hello! > > > > > > Opinions, please. > > > > > >

Re: rsync --delete vs rsync --delete-after

2024-01-18 Thread tomas
he situation you fat-finger something and react before the next backup happens (this is a threat worth being taken into account). For that case, a backup with more than one "back" version would be more useful (see --link-dest in rsync for that). It is not against the system running amok and t

Re: rsync --delete vs rsync --delete-after

2024-01-18 Thread Michael Kjörling
y backup drive might be corrupted or deleted before > being copied to the secondary backup drive. Then if it is not present > on the primary backup drive, rsync dutifully deletes it from the > secondary backup drive. If the file is no longer on the computer's > internal SSD,

Re: rsync --delete vs rsync --delete-after

2024-01-17 Thread David Christensen
ing of a scenario where a file on the primary backup drive might be corrupted or deleted before being copied to the secondary backup drive. Then if it is not present on the primary backup drive, rsync dutifully deletes it from the secondary backup drive. If the file is no longer on the computer&

Re: rsync --delete vs rsync --delete-after

2024-01-17 Thread Stefan Monnier
> However, I have read that using rsync --delete instead of rsync -- > delete-after is faster and uses less memory, and so is more efficient.  I'd be surprised if it makes a significant difference. Stefan

Re: rsync --delete vs rsync --delete-after

2024-01-17 Thread Michel Verdier
On 2024-01-17, Default User wrote: > By "glitch", I mean anything that could interfere with the rsync copy > process. Possible causes: Whatever the cause you just have to get return code and restart rsync until it complete succesfully. Then you are sure to have an exact co

Re: rsync --delete vs rsync --delete-after

2024-01-17 Thread Default User
On Wed, 2024-01-17 at 09:19 -0800, David Christensen wrote: > On 1/17/24 08:19, Default User wrote: > > Hello! > > > > Opinions, please. > > > > I use rsync to copy my primary backup drive to a secondary backup > > drive > > , so that the seco

Re: rsync --delete vs rsync --delete-after

2024-01-17 Thread Keith Bainbridgge
On 18/1/24 04:19, David Christensen wrote: > I use rsync to copy my primary backup drive to a secondary backup drive Good morning I wonder why both processes don't copy from the original data; so that you don't copy a potential glitch in the first backup? on a separate

Re: rsync --delete vs rsync --delete-after

2024-01-17 Thread Andy Smith
Hi, On Wed, Jan 17, 2024 at 02:52:49PM -0500, Default User wrote: > By "glitch", I mean anything that could interfere with the rsync copy > process. Possible causes: > - electrical outages, voltage spikes, voltage drops, "brownouts" > - mechanical failure >

Re: rsync --delete vs rsync --delete-after

2024-01-17 Thread Michael Kjörling
ith options to rsync won't offer you that in light of several of the scenarios you listed, though; not least a lightning strike. A lightning strike will blow out the drive just as much no matter what options you're using to invoke rsync. What you need is really rather multiple copies. I

Re: rsync --delete vs rsync --delete-after

2024-01-17 Thread Default User
On Wed, 2024-01-17 at 10:29 -0800, Kushal Kumaran wrote: > On Wed, Jan 17 2024 at 11:19:39 AM, Default User > wrote: > > Hello! > > > > Opinions, please. > > > > I use rsync to copy my primary backup drive to a secondary backup > > drive > > , so

Re: rsync --delete vs rsync --delete-after

2024-01-17 Thread Kushal Kumaran
On Wed, Jan 17 2024 at 11:19:39 AM, Default User wrote: > Hello! > > Opinions, please. > > I use rsync to copy my primary backup drive to a secondary backup drive > , so that the secondary backup drive is theoretically always an exact > copy of the primary backup drive.

Re: rsync --delete vs rsync --delete-after

2024-01-17 Thread David Christensen
On 1/17/24 08:19, Default User wrote: Hello! Opinions, please. I use rsync to copy my primary backup drive to a secondary backup drive , so that the secondary backup drive is theoretically always an exact copy of the primary backup drive. Here is the rsync command I use: time sudo rsync

rsync --delete vs rsync --delete-after

2024-01-17 Thread Default User
Hello! Opinions, please. I use rsync to copy my primary backup drive to a secondary backup drive , so that the secondary backup drive is theoretically always an exact copy of the primary backup drive. Here is the rsync command I use: time sudo rsync -aAXHxvv --delete-after --numeric-ids

Re: Debian archive rsync service changed

2023-11-25 Thread Byung-Hee HWANG
On Fri, Nov 24, 2023 at 08:13:03AM -0500, Dan Ritter wrote: > In case people didn't see the announcment: > -- > > The worldwide Debian mirrors network has served archive.debian.org via both > HTTP and rsync. As part of improving the reliability of the service for > us

Debian archive rsync service changed

2023-11-24 Thread Dan Ritter
In case people didn't see the announcment: -- The worldwide Debian mirrors network has served archive.debian.org via both HTTP and rsync. As part of improving the reliability of the service for users, the Debian mirrors team is separating the access methods to different host names:

Re: I uninstalled OpenMediaVault (because totally overkill for me) and replaced it with borgbackup and rsync

2023-09-01 Thread Manphiz
nstallation, very few packages) installed with > borgbackup and rsync. > > I am now very satisfied, much more streamlined than OpenMediaVault. > > Am I wrong, are my statements completely off? > > Or how does your backup look like? > > cheers > Jason > > Another OM

Re: I uninstalled OpenMediaVault (because totally overkill for me) and replaced it with borgbackup and rsync

2023-08-31 Thread jeremy ardley
On 1/9/23 12:44, Jason wrote: Or how does your backup look like? I had a QNAP NAS but it became so incredibly slow I replaced it with Debian using Samba and SSH. The backups are managed by the clients, but periodically I save part of the NAS to Amazon S3. I also have a remote Nextclou

I uninstalled OpenMediaVault (because totally overkill for me) and replaced it with borgbackup and rsync

2023-08-31 Thread Jason
and rsync. I am now very satisfied, much more streamlined than OpenMediaVault. Am I wrong, are my statements completely off? Or how does your backup look like? cheers Jason OpenPGP_0x0D0C34B5DF58FE9D.asc Description: OpenPGP public key OpenPGP_signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital

Re: syncthing, rsync for git; was: git setup

2023-08-22 Thread Max Nikulin
is safer than general purpose synchronizing tools. A single branch may be pushed to an "upstream" or a "backup" repository without permanently adding it as a remote by specifying path to that repository git push user@host:/path/to/repository.git master I would limi

Re: syncthing, rsync for git; was: git setup

2023-08-22 Thread Celejar
On Tue, 22 Aug 2023 19:27:57 + Michael Kjörling <2695bd53d...@ewoof.net> wrote: > On 22 Aug 2023 14:33 -0400, from cele...@gmail.com (Celejar): > >> Git tends to be very rsync-friendly. > > > > I do something similar - I use syncthing to automatically keep the

Re: syncthing, rsync for git; was: git setup

2023-08-22 Thread Michael Kjörling
On 22 Aug 2023 14:33 -0400, from cele...@gmail.com (Celejar): >> Git tends to be very rsync-friendly. > > I do something similar - I use syncthing to automatically keep the git > repositories on two of my machines in sync. rsync may be better, but > syncthing has more or less w

Re: "(Server) Protocol versions: remote=31, negotiated=31". How to you rsync just certain file extensions? . . .

2023-03-11 Thread Albretch Mueller
On 3/11/23, Greg Wooledge wrote: ... > Hmm, that didn't work either. Now it's time to read the documentation. > (read, read, read) > OK, here we go: > > unicorn:/tmp/src$ rsync -a --include="*/" --include="*.foo" > --include="*.bar" --e

Re: "(Server) Protocol versions: remote=31, negotiated=31". How to you rsync just certain file extensions? . . .

2023-03-11 Thread Greg Wooledge
OK. Let me just discard every single piece of quoted content from this thread, because none of it makes ANY sense. Here is what I see in the Subject: header: 1) Some piece of the verbose output of rsync, for unknown reason. 2) A question about how to do a specific task with rsync. At some

Re: "(Server) Protocol versions: remote=31, negotiated=31". How to you rsync just certain file extensions? . . .

2023-03-11 Thread Albretch Mueller
On 3/11/23, Dan Ritter wrote: > Albretch Mueller wrote: >> The one liner reporting that error is: >> >> time( sudo rsync --rsync-path="/usr/local/bin/rsync" --debug=ALL >> --archive --verbose --compress --recursive --checksum --include="*/" &g

Re: "(Server) Protocol versions: remote=31, negotiated=31". How to you rsync just certain file extensions? . . .

2023-03-11 Thread Dan Ritter
Albretch Mueller wrote: > The one liner reporting that error is: > > time( sudo rsync --rsync-path="/usr/local/bin/rsync" --debug=ALL > --archive --verbose --compress --recursive --checksum --include="*/" > --include=".${_X}" --exclude=&qu

"(Server) Protocol versions: remote=31, negotiated=31". How to you rsync just certain file extensions? . . .

2023-03-11 Thread Albretch Mueller
The one liner reporting that error is: time( sudo rsync --rsync-path="/usr/local/bin/rsync" --debug=ALL --archive --verbose --compress --recursive --checksum --include="*/" --include=".${_X}" --exclude="*" --prune-empty-dirs "${_SRC

Re: nocache nice ionice -c3 ... chrt? for rsync.

2022-08-29 Thread Dan Ritter
Samuel Wales wrote: > i seem to get sluggish interactive x pointer etc. on rare occasions > with rsync. i use nocache nice ionice -c3. i am wondering why chrt > exists also, and what teh best set of options is for this kind of > purpose. Tell us about your hardware and network.

nocache nice ionice -c3 ... chrt? for rsync.

2022-08-28 Thread Samuel Wales
i seem to get sluggish interactive x pointer etc. on rare occasions with rsync. i use nocache nice ionice -c3. i am wondering why chrt exists also, and what teh best set of options is for this kind of purpose. -- The Kafka Pandemic A blog about science, health, human rights, and misopathy

Re: rsync trying to load rdiff-backup

2022-05-08 Thread AC
On 2022-05-08 18:27, AC wrote: On 2022-05-08 18:03, David wrote: On Mon, 9 May 2022 at 10:53, AC wrote: On 2022-05-08 16:45, David wrote: On Mon, 9 May 2022 at 07:24, AC wrote: Now here's a new discovery on the machines having problems: as a normal user I can rsync just fine to a r

Re: rsync trying to load rdiff-backup

2022-05-08 Thread AC
On 2022-05-08 18:03, David wrote: On Mon, 9 May 2022 at 10:53, AC wrote: On 2022-05-08 16:45, David wrote: On Mon, 9 May 2022 at 07:24, AC wrote: Now here's a new discovery on the machines having problems: as a normal user I can rsync just fine to a remote machine. But if I'm u

Re: rsync trying to load rdiff-backup

2022-05-08 Thread David
On Mon, 9 May 2022 at 10:53, AC wrote: > On 2022-05-08 16:45, David wrote: > > On Mon, 9 May 2022 at 07:24, AC wrote: > Now here's a new discovery on the machines having problems: as a normal > user I can rsync just fine to a remote machine. But if I'm using rsync >

Re: rsync trying to load rdiff-backup

2022-05-08 Thread AC
On 2022-05-08 16:45, David wrote: On Mon, 9 May 2022 at 07:24, AC wrote: Due to some version mismatch issues I'm trying to switch over to rsync from rdiff-backup for backing up some files on my systems. On most of them this has worked with no issue but I have one system that appears

Re: rsync trying to load rdiff-backup

2022-05-08 Thread David
On Mon, 9 May 2022 at 07:24, AC wrote: > > Due to some version mismatch issues I'm trying to switch over to rsync > from rdiff-backup for backing up some files on my systems. > > On most of them this has worked with no issue but I have one system that > appears to be tryi

rsync trying to load rdiff-backup

2022-05-08 Thread AC
Due to some version mismatch issues I'm trying to switch over to rsync from rdiff-backup for backing up some files on my systems. On most of them this has worked with no issue but I have one system that appears to be trying to load rdiff-backup whenever I run rsync: root:~# /usr/bin/

Re: rsync copyed systemd-nspawn container won't start

2022-01-12 Thread Alexandre Rossi
Hi, [...] > Jan 11 15:22:55 dhanna systemd-nspawn[21268]: Failed to create > /init.scope control group: Operation not permitted [...] > Then I try it with > > debootstrap --variant=minbase --include > systemd,vim,libterm-readline-gnu-perl,iproute2,dialog,dbus stretch > /var/lib/machines/foo > >

rsync copyed systemd-nspawn container won't start

2022-01-11 Thread basti
Hello, i have copy a running systemd-nspawn container via rsync. The container won't start in the destination: Jan 11 15:22:55 dhanna systemd[1]: Started Container foo. Jan 11 15:22:55 dhanna systemd-nspawn[21268]: systemd 232 running in system mode. (+PAM +AUDIT +SELINUX +IMA +APPARMOR +

Re: rsync failing to back up to synology server

2021-11-17 Thread mick crane
On 2021-11-13 10:42, Dan Ritter wrote: Sharon Kimble wrote: After enduring a home move, I'm now trying to restart my rsync backups to my synology server, but none are working! I have this command for backing up my emacs - - --8<---cut here---start---

Re: rsync failing to back up to synology server

2021-11-13 Thread Dan Ritter
Sharon Kimble wrote: > > After enduring a home move, I'm now trying to restart my rsync backups > to my synology server, but none are working! > > I have this command for backing up my emacs - > > - --8<---cut here---start----

rsync failing to back up to synology server

2021-11-13 Thread Sharon Kimble
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 After enduring a home move, I'm now trying to restart my rsync backups to my synology server, but none are working! I have this command for backing up my emacs - - --8<---cut here---start->8--- /us

Re: rsync to NAS for backup

2021-02-19 Thread Mirko Parthey
On Mon, Feb 15, 2021 at 12:39:29PM +, mick crane wrote: > Appears that to retain permissions need root at both ends of rsync. Not necessarily. If the server filesystem supports xattrs, you can use the --fake-super option with the rsync server, running as a non-root user that can write to

Re: rsync to NAS for backup

2021-02-19 Thread tomas
On Thu, Feb 18, 2021 at 05:06:33PM -0700, Charles Curley wrote: > On Thu, 18 Feb 2021 18:24:43 +0100 > wrote: > > > Care to name some of those limitations? > > > > (of course, rsync /is not/ a backup program in itself, but lets you > > build one with 10-30 lin

Re: rsync to NAS for backup

2021-02-18 Thread Charles Curley
On Thu, 18 Feb 2021 18:24:43 +0100 wrote: > Care to name some of those limitations? > > (of course, rsync /is not/ a backup program in itself, but lets you > build one with 10-30 lines around it). Why build one (which I have done) when you can get a perfectly good one from the

Re: rsync to NAS for backup

2021-02-18 Thread Gary Dale
On 2021-02-18 12:22, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: On Thu, Feb 18, 2021 at 06:59:03PM +0200, Teemu Likonen wrote: * 2021-02-18 11:13:25-0500, Gary Dale wrote: rsync is a quick & dirty backup tactic but it's got limitations. 1) files may stay around forever in the backup even if you'v

Re: rsync to NAS for backup

2021-02-18 Thread Gary Dale
On 2021-02-18 10:57, mick crane wrote: On 2021-02-15 12:39, mick crane wrote: On 2021-02-13 19:20, David Christensen wrote: On 2021-02-13 01:27, mick crane wrote: I made a mistake and instead of getting a PC for backup I got a NAS. I'm struggling to get to grips with it. If rsync from

Re: rsync to NAS for backup

2021-02-18 Thread tomas
On Thu, Feb 18, 2021 at 07:21:01PM +0200, Andrei POPESCU wrote: [...] > In my opinion the point still stands, rsync (by itself) has significant > limitations as a backup program, which is probably also the reason why > several backup programs using rsync exist. Care to name some

Re: rsync to NAS for backup

2021-02-18 Thread tomas
On Thu, Feb 18, 2021 at 06:59:03PM +0200, Teemu Likonen wrote: > * 2021-02-18 11:13:25-0500, Gary Dale wrote: > > > rsync is a quick & dirty backup tactic but it's got limitations. > > > > 1) files may stay around forever in the backup even if you've del

Re: rsync to NAS for backup

2021-02-18 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Jo, 18 feb 21, 18:59:03, Teemu Likonen wrote: > * 2021-02-18 11:13:25-0500, Gary Dale wrote: > > > rsync is a quick & dirty backup tactic but it's got limitations. > > > > 1) files may stay around forever in the backup even if you've deleted > > th

Re: rsync to NAS for backup

2021-02-18 Thread Teemu Likonen
* 2021-02-18 11:13:25-0500, Gary Dale wrote: > rsync is a quick & dirty backup tactic but it's got limitations. > > 1) files may stay around forever in the backup even if you've deleted > them from your main computer because you don't need them. > > 2) you

Re: rsync to NAS for backup

2021-02-18 Thread mick crane
o get to grips with it. If rsync from PC to NAS NAS changes the owner/group of files to me/users which is probably no good for backing up. There's that problem then another that it won't let me login as root. I asked on Synology forum but not getting a lot of joy. https://community.s

Re: rsync to NAS for backup

2021-02-18 Thread mick crane
On 2021-02-15 12:39, mick crane wrote: On 2021-02-13 19:20, David Christensen wrote: On 2021-02-13 01:27, mick crane wrote: I made a mistake and instead of getting a PC for backup I got a NAS. I'm struggling to get to grips with it. If rsync from PC to NAS NAS changes the owner/group of

Re: rsync to NAS for backup

2021-02-15 Thread mick crane
On 2021-02-13 19:20, David Christensen wrote: On 2021-02-13 01:27, mick crane wrote: I made a mistake and instead of getting a PC for backup I got a NAS. I'm struggling to get to grips with it. If rsync from PC to NAS NAS changes the owner/group of files to me/users which is probably no

Re: rsync to NAS for backup

2021-02-13 Thread David Christensen
On 2021-02-13 01:27, mick crane wrote: I made a mistake and instead of getting a PC for backup I got a NAS. I'm struggling to get to grips with it. If rsync from PC to NAS NAS changes the owner/group of files to me/users which is probably no good for backing up. There's that pr

Re: rsync to NAS for backup

2021-02-13 Thread Charles Curley
On Sat, 13 Feb 2021 09:27:54 + mick crane wrote: > I made a mistake and instead of getting a PC for backup I got a NAS. > I'm struggling to get to grips with it. > If rsync from PC to NAS NAS changes the owner/group of files to > me/users which is probably no good for bac

Re: rsync to NAS for backup

2021-02-13 Thread Toni Mas Soler
Is there an alternative if you want an incremental backup? Obviously you could use tar-ed archives with unprivileged permissions. If you did, you would get a huge network overhead. thks Toni Mas GPG 3F42A21D84D7E950 Sent with ProtonMail Secure Email. ‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐ En dissa

Re: rsync to NAS for backup

2021-02-13 Thread didier gaumet
Hello, Disclaimer: I do not use and am not familiar with Sinology hardware and software and generally speaking, I am not knowledgeable in networking I would say that: - the owner:group names of a file on the PC you backup and the owner:group names of the backup files on the synology files

rsync to NAS for backup

2021-02-13 Thread mick crane
I made a mistake and instead of getting a PC for backup I got a NAS. I'm struggling to get to grips with it. If rsync from PC to NAS NAS changes the owner/group of files to me/users which is probably no good for backing up. There's that problem then another that it won't let me l

Re: Hijacking Threads [was: Re: rsync link corruption with -H and --link-dest]

2020-11-23 Thread Brad Rogers
On Mon, 23 Nov 2020 11:17:56 -0500 Celejar wrote: Hello Celejar, >I made this same point in another email, but I just want to remind Indeed you did. And rightly so; It's possible that my messages could be construed as saying CM is the _only_ MUA capable of such configuration. That was not my

Re: Hijacking Threads [was: Re: rsync link corruption with -H and --link-dest]

2020-11-23 Thread Jeremy Nicoll
On Sun, 22 Nov 2020, at 16:55, Gareth Evans wrote: > > Once one sets up an MUA correctly, one only has to click 'Compose' for > > all the required fields, apart from Subject, to be filled in. > > When does clicking "compose" have this effect? In a good (probably standalone) MUA. In Fastmail's w

Re: Hijacking Threads [was: Re: rsync link corruption with -H and --link-dest]

2020-11-23 Thread Celejar
On Sun, 22 Nov 2020 19:14:05 + Brad Rogers wrote: > On Sun, 22 Nov 2020 11:39:20 -0700 > Charles Curley wrote: > > Hello Charles, > > >Thank you. I just learned something useful about Claws-Mail. > > You're welcome. > > For those interested, Claws Mail has it's own mailing list. > > Sub

Re: Hijacking Threads [was: Re: rsync link corruption with -H and --link-dest]

2020-11-22 Thread Celejar
On Sun, 22 Nov 2020 17:39:06 + "Gareth Evans" wrote: > > On Sun, 22 Nov 2020, at 17:08, Brad Rogers wrote: ... > > > With a suitable MUA (example; Claws Mail) when you create a folder for > > > mails from a mailing list, it's possible to set up default addresses for > > > To, From and Reply

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