thanks buddy. I got it worked through. sorry for the clutter.


On Sun, Aug 4, 2024 at 1:48 PM Snyder, Alexander J <
alexander@snyderfamily.co> wrote:

> Well, I mean that'll get stuff sure -- but I'm not sure what you're trying
> to do.
>
> 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.
>
> 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.
>
> Feel free to ping me directly, to keep the distro uncluttered.
>
> --
> Thanks,
> Alexander
>
> Sent from my Google Pixel 7 Pro
>
> On Sun, Aug 4, 2024, 10:25 Michael via PLUG-discuss <
> plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org> wrote:
>
>> I'm running around in circles with chat gpt. I want to backup
>> /home/bmike1 user created data and all other pertinent files.
>> This is what it tells me:
>>
>> #!/bin/bash
>> # Define source and destination
>> SOURCE="/home/bmike1/"
>> DESTINATION="/media/rsync/backup/" # Define rsync options
>> OPTIONS="-av --delete --exclude='*.lock' --exclude='google-chrome/'
>> --exclude='firefox/' --exclude='thunderbird/'"
>> # Run rsync command
>> rsync $OPTIONS $SOURCE $DESTINATION
>>
>> WIll this do it for me?
>> As for the pertinent files I did this before and there was a few other
>> directories involved. do I need to worry about it?
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