Public bug reported:
Binary package hint: grsync
$ apt-cache policy grsync
grsync:
Installed: 0.9.2-1
Candidate: 0.9.2-1
Version table:
*** 0.9.2-1 0
500 http://archive.ubuntu.com karmic/universe Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
$ lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 9.10
Release: 9.10
Codename: karmic
I usually run the following command to backup my storage data to a USB
key and it works flawlessly:
rsync -rv --delete /mnt/sdb1/* /media/85DD-CF46
The grsync gui is nice in that it provides a gui for users who don't want to
fiddle with the command line.
The problem I found with grsync was that the user cannot use an asterisk:
* the storage (source) directory content changes often so using an asterisk
makes the task easier.
* the destination directory is a USB key and so the path changes each time the
key is inserted.
* the grsync gui doesn't recognize asterisks in the text boxes.
* I don't want to have to choose 206 individual directories because they change
often. Using an asterisk is much easier.
What I expected to happen:
using /mnt/sdb1/* in the source text box to copy over all sub-directories
instead of just the parent directory.
What actually happened:
grsync executed and reported an error with the asteriskinstead of copying
directories.
ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
Date: Wed Feb 24 09:14:02 2010
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release i386 (20091028.5)
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Package: grsync 0.9.2-1
ProcEnviron:
PATH=(custom, user)
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-19.56-generic
SourcePackage: grsync
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-19-generic i686
** Affects: grsync (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Tags: asterisk rsync
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grsync doesn't recognize asterisks
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/527224
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