<div dir="ltr">thanks buddy. I got it worked through. sorry for the clutter.<div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sun, Aug 4, 2024 at 1:48 PM Snyder, Alexander J <<a href="mailto:alexander@snyderfamily.co">alexander@snyderfamily.co</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto"><div>Well, I mean that'll get stuff sure -- but I'm not sure what you're trying to do. </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Remember, ChatGPT will only point you in the right direction ... Like you're sledding in winter, it'll point you towards the downhill side, but it won't stop you from crashing ... You've got to bring SOMETHING to the table. </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">What is your goal? Tell me in plain English what you're trying to accomplish and I can help you write a command, or script, to do that. </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Feel free to ping me directly, to keep the distro uncluttered.</div><div><br></div><div>--<br>Thanks,<br>Alexander<br><br>Sent from my Google Pixel 7 Pro</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sun, Aug 4, 2024, 10:25 Michael via PLUG-discuss <<a href="mailto:plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org" target="_blank">plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div>I'm running around in circles with chat gpt. I want to backup /home/bmike1 user created data and all other pertinent files.</div><div>This is what it tells me:</div><div><span><br></span></div><div><span>#!/bin/bash</span> </div><div><span># Define source and destination</span> </div><div>SOURCE=<span>"/home/bmike1/"</span> </div><div>DESTINATION=<span>"/media/rsync/backup/"</span>
<span># Define rsync options</span> </div><div>OPTIONS=<span>"-av --delete --exclude='*.lock' --exclude='google-chrome/' --exclude='firefox/' --exclude='thunderbird/'"</span> </div><div><span># Run rsync command</span> </div><div>rsync <span>$OPTIONS</span> <span>$SOURCE</span> <span>$DESTINATION</span><br></div><div><span><br></span></div><div><span>WIll this do it for me?</span></div><div><span>As for the pertinent files I did this before and there was a few other directories involved. do I need to worry about it?</span></div><div dir="auto"><div><div><div><div><div><div><div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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