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 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 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~(-: