restore with rsync or fix window manager

[Michael Havens]

let's see.... I can make it NOT check the newness of the file by removing
the 'u' option so it looks like :

rsync -aWq /media/bmike1/RedSanDisk  /home/bmike1/Documents

So I think that will do it! Am I correct?

On Sat, Jan 9, 2016 at 8:04 AM, Michael Havens <bmike1 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Is it as simple as:
>
> rsync -aWuq /media/bmike1/RedSanDisk  /home/bmike1/Documents
>
> I didn't say this before because I thought rsync checked the "newness" of
> th file.
>
> On Sat, Jan 9, 2016 at 7:34 AM, Michael Havens <bmike1 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>
>> Then again if I fix the WM (and possibly driver) I'll have no loss of
>> data....
>>
>> On Sat, Jan 9, 2016 at 6:49 AM, Michael Havens <bmike1 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> You were oh so right Brian. I had changed the window manager in / home.
>>> Now whenever I restore root nothing is fixed. I will NEVER do a
>>> dist-upgrade again. Everytime I have my system crashes! Now I am trying to
>>> restore my home directory which was created with rsync. The exact command
>>> was:
>>>
>>> rsync -aWuq --delete-before /home/bmike1/Documents
>>> /media/bmike1/RedSanDisk
>>>
>>> What would the command be to restore My home directory. I figure it is
>>> easier to restore home (which I had just recently update) than to fix the
>>> window manager.
>>>
>>> --
>>> :-)~MIKE~(-:
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> :-)~MIKE~(-:
>>
>
>
>
> --
> :-)~MIKE~(-:
>



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