On Sun, Apr 10, 2022 at 09:44:59PM -0700, David Christensen wrote: > On 4/10/22 19:58, Default User wrote: > > Hello! > > > > My setup: > > - single home x86-64 computer running Debian 11 Stable, up to date. > > - one 4-Tb external usb hard drive to use as a backup device, labeled MSD1. > > - another identical usb hard drive, labeled MSD2, to use as a copy of the > > backups on MSD1. > > - the computer and all storage devices are formatted ext4, not encrypted. > > - two old Clonezilla disk images from when I installed Debian 11 last year > > (probably irrelevant). > > - Timeshift to daily back up system EXCEPT for data directories. > > - Back in Time to daily back up data directories. > > - Borgbackup to also daily back up data directories. > > - Rsync to frequently backup any changed data between the daily Back in > > Time and Borgbackup backups of data directories, using this command: > > > > sudo rsync -aAXHxvv --delete --info=progress2,stats2,name2 --exclude-from > > "/home/default/rsync_exclude_list.txt" /home > > /media/default/MSD1/rsync_backups_of_host_home_directory_only > > > > Each type of backup is in a separate subdirectory on MSD1 (Timeshift, Back > > in TIme, Rsync, etc.). > > > > It "seems" to work okay, BUT . . . > > > > Then I try to use rsync to make an identical copy of backup device MSD1 on > > an absolutely identical 4-Tb external usb hard drive, > > labeled MSD2, using this command: > > > > sudo rsync -aAXHxvv --delete --info=progress2,stats2,name2 > > /media/default/MSD1/ /media/default/MSD2 > > > See 'man 1 rsync'. You have a slash at the end of SRC, but not at the end > of DEST. I would add a slash after "MSD2": The only thing I find in rsync's man page about trailing slashes in the `dest' argument would be relevant if MSD2 didn't exist (in the OP's case it seems it does, no?) Cheers -- t
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