I don't think I need to worry about these errors but what do you say?
 $ rsync -aWuq --exclude=*meetthegimp* --delete-before /home/bmike1/Documents /media/bmike1/USB\ DISK/
rsync: rename "/media/bmike1/USB DISK/Documents/.forwardspamto    .AeAB2n" -> "Documents/forwardspamto    ": Invalid argument (22)
rsync: mkstemp "/media/bmike1/USB DISK/Documents/Business/Receipts/lazycash/.index.html?a_aid=509c458b25b79.7egoaa" failed: Invalid argument (22)
rsync: mkstemp "/media/bmike1/USB DISK/Documents/ComputerInstructions/.ForgotPassword?.iTBeE7" failed: Invalid argument (22)
rsync: mkstemp "/media/bmike1/USB DISK/Documents/Education/.Screenshot-LFS101x.2 Progress | edX - Google Chrome.png.sKq7zq" failed: Invalid argument (22)
rsync error: some files/attrs were not transferred (see previous errors) (code 23) at main.c(1183) [sender=3.1.0]


On Fri, Sep 25, 2015 at 8:38 PM, Michael Havens <bmike1@gmail.com> wrote:
no I didn't but this helped me to figure out what I was doing wrong and WHY I ran out of space; rsync was backing up into / and /media but not USB\ drive. it went to /media:
bmike1@c521 /media $ ls
bmike1@c521 /media $ sudo rm -rf bmike1
[sudo] password for bmike1: 
bmike1@c521 /media $ ls

why won't it delete?



On Fri, Sep 25, 2015 at 8:13 PM, Michael Havens <bmike1@gmail.com> wrote:
got it to work again!

On Fri, Sep 25, 2015 at 8:04 PM, Michael Havens <bmike1@gmail.com> wrote:
okay, I ran rsync with the results after my sig.
first I let it run and almost immediately after hitting the enter key the first error appeared. I thought of stopping the the process (cntl-c) but I looked at the hard drive light and it was blinking so I figured it was making the list of what to skip during copy (--delete-before). So I went to starbucks and when I returned the errors I show after my sig were on the screen. I then looked at the file manager and found no files on the USB drive. I then listed everything on the pen drive from the terminal and 'ls -la' returned empty. 

/media/bmike1/USB DISK1 $ ls -al
total 20
drwx------  2 bmike1 bmike1 16384 Dec 31  1969 .
drwxr-x---+ 4 root   root    4096 Sep 25 18:49 ..

I didn't have this trouble three days ago. Why won't it back up now? I want to back it up before I resize the drive
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$ rsync -aWuq --progress --delete-before --compress-level=5 /home/bmike1/Documents /media/bmike1/USB\ DISK/

rsync: opendir "/media/bmike1/USB DISK/Documents/Receipts-Bills" failed: Permission denied (13)
rsync: recv_generator: mkdir "/media/bmike1/USB DISK/Documents/Programs/Joomla2.5.8/components/com_content/views/form/tmpl" failed: No space left on device (28)
*** Skipping any contents from this failed directory ***
rsync: recv_generator: mkdir "/media/bmike1/USB DISK/Documents/Programs/Joomla2.5.8/components/com_finder" failed: No space left on device (28)
*** Skipping any contents from this failed directory ***
rsync: recv_generator: mkdir "/media/bmike1/USB DISK/Documents/Programs/Joomla2.5.8/components/com_mailto" failed: No space left on device (28)
*** Skipping any contents from this failed directory ***
rsync: recv_generator: mkdir "/media/bmike1/USB DISK/Documents/Programs/Joomla2.5.8/components/com_media" failed: No space left on device (28)
*** Skipping any contents from this failed directory ***
rsync: recv_generator: mkdir "/media/bmike1/USB DISK/Documents/Programs/Joomla2.5.8/components/com_newsfeeds" failed: No space left on device (28)
*** Skipping any contents from this failed directory ***
rsync: recv_generator: mkdir "/media/bmike1/USB DISK/Documents/Programs/Joomla2.5.8/components/com_search" failed: No space left on device (28)
*** Skipping any contents from this failed directory ***
rsync: recv_generator: mkdir "/media/bmike1/USB DISK/Documents/Programs/Joomla2.5.8/components/com_users" failed: No space left on device (28)
*** Skipping any contents from this failed directory ***
rsync: recv_generator: mkdir "/media/bmike1/USB DISK/Documents/Programs/Joomla2.5.8/components/com_weblinks" failed: No space left on device (28)
*** Skipping any contents from this failed directory ***
rsync: recv_generator: mkdir "/media/bmike1/USB DISK/Documents/Programs/Joomla2.5.8/components/com_wrapper" failed: No space left on device (28)
*** Skipping any contents from this failed directory ***
rsync: recv_generator: mkdir "/media/bmike1/USB DISK/Documents/Programs/Joomla2.5.8/images" failed: No space left on device (28)
*** Skipping any contents from this failed directory ***
rsync: recv_generator: mkdir "/media/bmike1/USB DISK/Documents/Programs/Joomla2.5.8/includes" failed: No space left on device (28)
*** Skipping any contents from this failed directory ***
rsync: recv_generator: mkdir "/media/bmike1/USB DISK/Documents/Programs/Joomla2.5.8/installation" failed: No space left on device (28)/media/bmike1/USB DISK1 $ ls -al
total 20
drwx------  2 bmike1 bmike1 16384 Dec 31  1969 .
drwxr-x---+ 4 root   root    4096 Sep 25 18:49 ..

*** Skipping any contents from this failed directory ***
rsync: recv_generator: mkdir "/media/bmike1/USB DISK/Documents/Programs/Joomla2.5.8/language/overrides" failed: No space left on device (28)
*** Skipping any contents from this failed directory ***
rsync: recv_generator: mkdir "/media/bmike1/USB DISK/Documents/Programs/Joomla2.5.8/libraries" failed: No space left on device (28)
*** Skipping any contents from this failed directory ***
rsync: recv_generator: mkdir "/media/bmike1/USB DISK/Documents/Programs/Joomla2.5.8/logs" failed: No space left on device (28)
*** Skipping any contents from this failed directory ***
rsync: recv_generator: mkdir "/media/bmike1/USB DISK/Documents/Programs/Joomla2.5.8/media" failed: No space left on device (28)
*** Skipping any contents from this failed directory ***
rsync: recv_generator: mkdir "/media/bmike1/USB DISK/Documents/Programs/Joomla2.5.8/modules" failed: No space left on device (28)
*** Skipping any contents from this failed directory ***
rsync: recv_generator: mkdir "/media/bmike1/USB DISK/Documents/Programs/Joomla2.5.8/plugins" failed: No space left on device (28)
*** Skipping any contents from this failed directory ***
rsync: recv_generator: mkdir "/media/bmike1/USB DISK/Documents/Programs/Joomla2.5.8/templates" failed: No space left on device (28)
*** Skipping any contents from this failed directory ***
rsync: recv_generator: mkdir "/media/bmike1/USB DISK/Documents/Programs/Joomla2.5.8/tmp" failed: No space left on device (28)
*** Skipping any contents from this failed directory ***
rsync: recv_generator: mkdir "/media/bmike1/USB DISK/Documents/Programs/LibreOffice4.1.0" failed: No space left on device (28)
*** Skipping any contents from this failed directory ***
rsync: recv_generator: mkdir "/media/bmike1/USB DISK/Documents/Programs/LibreOffice_4.1.1.2_Linux_x86_deb" failed: No space left on device (28)
*** Skipping any contents from this failed directory ***
rsync: recv_generator: mkdir "/media/bmike1/USB DISK/Documents/Programs/LinuxKernels" failed: No space left on device (28)
*** Skipping any contents from this failed directory ***
rsync: recv_generator: mkdir "/media/bmike1/USB DISK/Documents/Programs/bluegriffon" failed: No space left on device (28)
*** Skipping any contents from this failed directory ***
rsync: recv_generator: mkdir "/media/bmike1/USB DISK/Documents/Programs/cgminer" failed: No space left on device (28)
*** Skipping any contents from this failed directory ***
rsync: recv_generator: mkdir "/media/bmike1/USB DISK/Documents/Programs/icedtea" failed: No space left on device (28)
*** Skipping any contents from this failed directory ***
rsync: recv_generator: mkdir "/media/bmike1/USB DISK/Documents/Programs/joomla2.5.4" failed: No space left on device (28)
*** Skipping any contents from this failed directory ***
rsync: recv_generator: mkdir "/media/bmike1/USB DISK/Documents/Programs/vlc" failed: No space left on device (28)
*** Skipping any contents from this failed directory ***
rsync: failed to set times on "/media/bmike1/USB DISK/Documents/Receipts-Bills": Operation not permitted (1)
rsync: recv_generator: mkdir "/media/bmike1/USB DISK/Documents/Receipts-Bills/Bills" failed: Permission denied (13)
*** Skipping any contents from this failed directory ***
rsync: recv_generator: mkdir "/media/bmike1/USB DISK/Documents/Receipts-Bills/Computer Hardware" failed: Permission denied (13)
*** Skipping any contents from this failed directory ***
rsync: recv_generator: mkdir "/media/bmike1/USB DISK/Documents/Receipts-Bills/Reciepts" failed: Permission denied (13)
*** Skipping any contents from this failed directory ***
rsync: failed to set times on "/media/bmike1/USB DISK/Documents/Recepies": Operation not permitted (1)
rsync: recv_generator: failed to stat "/media/bmike1/USB DISK/Documents/Recepies/Chai": Permission denied (13)
rsync: failed to set times on "/media/bmike1/USB DISK/Documents/Resume": Operation not permitted (1)
rsync: recv_generator: failed to stat "/media/bmike1/USB DISK/Documents/Resume/ recomendationSafeway.jpg": Permission denied (13)
rsync: recv_generator: failed to stat "/media/bmike1/USB DISK/Documents/Resume/ recomendationSafeway.pdf": Permission denied (13)
rsync: recv_generator: failed to stat "/media/bmike1/USB DISK/Documents/Resume/Resume-Resume.doc": Permission denied (13)
rsync: recv_generator: failed to stat "/media/bmike1/USB DISK/Documents/Resume/Resume-Resume.txt": Permission denied (13)
rsync: recv_generator: failed to stat "/media/bmike1/USB DISK/Documents/Resume/Resume_M Havens.doc": Permission denied (13)
rsync: recv_generator: failed to stat "/media/bmike1/USB DISK/Documents/Resume/recomendationCliffCastle.jpg": Permission denied (13)
rsync: recv_generator: failed to stat "/media/bmike1/USB DISK/Documents/Resume/recomendationCliffCastle.odg": Permission denied (13)
rsync: recv_generator: failed to stat "/media/bmike1/USB DISK/Documents/Resume/recomendationCliffCastle.pdf": Permission denied (13)
rsync: recv_generator: failed to stat "/media/bmike1/USB DISK/Documents/Resume/recomendationCliffCastle.svg": Permission denied (13)
rsync: recv_generator: failed to stat "/media/bmike1/USB DISK/Documents/Resume/recomendationSafeway.svg": Permission denied (13)
rsync: recv_generator: failed to stat "/media/bmike1/USB DISK/Documents/Resume/workhistory.txt": Permission denied (13)
rsync: recv_generator: mkdir "/media/bmike1/USB DISK/Documents/Resume/AppliedFor" failed: Permission denied (13)
*** Skipping any contents from this failed directory ***
rsync: failed to set times on "/media/bmike1/USB DISK/Documents/Schooling": Operation not permitted (1)
rsync: recv_generator: failed to stat "/media/bmike1/USB DISK/Documents/Schooling/Accounting-Assistant-Certificate.pdf": Permission denied (13)
rsync: recv_generator: failed to stat "/media/bmike1/USB DISK/Documents/Schooling/Medical Terminology For Dummies.pdf": Permission denied (13)
rsync: recv_generator: failed to stat "/media/bmike1/USB DISK/Documents/Schooling/Medical-Coding-Certificate.pdf": Permission denied (13)
rsync: recv_generator: failed to stat "/media/bmike1/USB DISK/Documents/Schooling/PaperTemplate_6thEdAPA.doc": Permission denied (13)
rsync: recv_generator: failed to stat "/media/bmike1/USB DISK/Documents/Schooling/articulation (classes).pdf": Permission denied (13)
rsync: recv_generator: failed to stat "/media/bmike1/USB DISK/Documents/Schooling/favicon.ico": Permission denied (13)
rsync: recv_generator: failed to stat "/media/bmike1/USB DISK/Documents/Schooling/modalitychange.pdf": Permission denied (13)
rsync: recv_generator: failed to stat "/media/bmike1/USB DISK/Documents/Schooling/transcriptsGCC-UAB.pdf": Permission denied (13)
rsync: recv_generator: mkdir "/media/bmike1/USB DISK/Documents/Schooling/AmericanPublicUniversity" failed: Permission denied (13)
*** Skipping any contents from this failed directory ***
rsync: recv_generator: mkdir "/media/bmike1/USB DISK/Documents/Schooling/DSS" failed: Permission denied (13)
*** Skipping any contents from this failed directory ***
rsync: recv_generator: mkdir "/media/bmike1/USB DISK/Documents/Schooling/FinancialAid" failed: Permission denied (13)
*** Skipping any contents from this failed directory ***
rsync: recv_generator: mkdir "/media/bmike1/USB DISK/Documents/Schooling/UAB" failed: Permission denied (13)
*** Skipping any contents from this failed directory ***
rsync: failed to set times on "/media/bmike1/USB DISK/Documents/SocialSecurity": Operation not permitted (1)
rsync: recv_generator: failed to stat "/media/bmike1/USB DISK/Documents/SocialSecurity/AwardLetter.pdf": Permission denied (13)
rsync: recv_generator: failed to stat "/media/bmike1/USB DISK/Documents/SocialSecurity/BPQY 2009-04.pdf": Permission denied (13)
rsync: recv_generator: failed to stat "/media/bmike1/USB DISK/Documents/SocialSecurity/Paycheck Calculator T2 and 16.xls": Permission denied (13)
rsync: recv_generator: failed to stat "/media/bmike1/USB DISK/Documents/SocialSecurity/safewaypaystubrequest.pdf": Permission denied (13)
rsync: failed to set times on "/media/bmike1/USB DISK/Documents/VVOSSS": Operation not permitted (1)
rsync: recv_generator: failed to stat "/media/bmike1/USB DISK/Documents/VVOSSS/welcome to VVOSSS": Permission denied (13)
rsync: failed to set times on "/media/bmike1/USB DISK/Documents/Windows7drivers": Operation not permitted (1)
rsync: recv_generator: failed to stat "/media/bmike1/USB DISK/Documents/Windows7drivers/audio.crdownload": Permission denied (13)
rsync: recv_generator: failed to stat "/media/bmike1/USB DISK/Documents/Windows7drivers/bios.exe": Permission denied (13)
rsync: recv_generator: failed to stat "/media/bmike1/USB DISK/Documents/Windows7drivers/grafics.exe": Permission denied (13)
rsync: recv_generator: failed to stat "/media/bmike1/USB DISK/Documents/Windows7drivers/input.exe": Permission denied (13)
rsync: recv_generator: failed to stat "/media/bmike1/USB DISK/Documents/Windows7drivers/network.exe": Permission denied (13)
rsync: recv_generator: failed to stat "/media/bmike1/USB DISK/Documents/Windows7drivers/sp52187.exe": Permission denied (13)
rsync: recv_generator: failed to stat "/media/bmike1/USB DISK/Documents/Windows7drivers/storage.exe": Permission denied (13)
rsync: failed to set times on "/media/bmike1/USB DISK/Documents/kernel": Operation not permitted (1)
rsync: recv_generator: mkdir "/media/bmike1/USB DISK/Documents/kernel/3.1.4" failed: Permission denied (13)
*** Skipping any contents from this failed directory ***
rsync: recv_generator: mkdir "/media/bmike1/USB DISK/Documents/kernel/3.2.8" failed: Permission denied (13)
*** Skipping any contents from this failed directory ***
rsync: recv_generator: mkdir "/media/bmike1/USB DISK/Documents/kernel/mepiswireless" failed: Permission denied (13)
*** Skipping any contents from this failed directory ***
rsync: recv_generator: mkdir "/media/bmike1/USB DISK/Documents/kernel/wireless driver" failed: Permission denied (13)
*** Skipping any contents from this failed directory ***
rsync: failed to set times on "/media/bmike1/USB DISK/Documents/language.training": Operation not permitted (1)
rsync: recv_generator: failed to stat "/media/bmike1/USB DISK/Documents/language.training/18th Century Prime Ministers.kvtml": Permission denied (13)
rsync: recv_generator: failed to stat "/media/bmike1/USB DISK/Documents/language.training/19th Century Prime Ministers.kvtml": Permission denied (13)
rsync: recv_generator: failed to stat "/media/bmike1/USB DISK/Documents/language.training/20th Century Prime Ministers.kvtml": Permission denied (13)
rsync: recv_generator: failed to stat "/media/bmike1/USB DISK/Documents/language.training/Monarchs of England.kvtml": Permission denied (13)
rsync: recv_generator: failed to stat "/media/bmike1/USB DISK/Documents/language.training/SAT.kvtml": Permission denied (13)
rsync: recv_generator: failed to stat "/media/bmike1/USB DISK/Documents/language.training/mi_verletzungen.kvtml": Permission denied (13)
rsync: recv_generator: failed to stat "/media/bmike1/USB DISK/Documents/language.training/numbers (advanced).kvtml": Permission denied (13)
rsync: recv_generator: failed to stat "/media/bmike1/USB DISK/Documents/language.training/parley-en-es-pub.kvtml": Permission denied (13)
rsync: recv_generator: failed to stat "/media/bmike1/USB DISK/Documents/language.training/the_raven.kvtml": Permission denied (13)
rsync: recv_generator: failed to stat "/media/bmike1/USB DISK/Documents/language.training/uS Historical Capitals (advanced).kvtml": Permission denied (13)
rsync: recv_generator: failed to stat "/media/bmike1/USB DISK/Documents/language.training/world_capitals.kvtml": Permission denied (13)
rsync: recv_generator: mkdir "/media/bmike1/USB DISK/Documents/language.training/QueOndaSpanish" failed: Permission denied (13)
*** Skipping any contents from this failed directory ***
rsync: failed to set times on "/media/bmike1/USB DISK/Documents/taxes": Operation not permitted (1)
rsync: recv_generator: failed to stat "/media/bmike1/USB DISK/Documents/taxes/08-09.pdf": Permission denied (13)
rsync: recv_generator: failed to stat "/media/bmike1/USB DISK/Documents/taxes/irs6year.report-06-11.pdf": Permission denied (13)
rsync: recv_generator: mkdir "/media/bmike1/USB DISK/Documents/taxes/tax 2004" failed: Permission denied (13)
*** Skipping any contents from this failed directory ***
rsync: recv_generator: mkdir "/media/bmike1/USB DISK/Documents/taxes/tax 2005" failed: Permission denied (13)
*** Skipping any contents from this failed directory ***
rsync: recv_generator: mkdir "/media/bmike1/USB DISK/Documents/taxes/tax 2006" failed: Permission denied (13)
*** Skipping any contents from this failed directory ***
rsync: recv_generator: mkdir "/media/bmike1/USB DISK/Documents/taxes/tax 2007" failed: Permission denied (13)
*** Skipping any contents from this failed directory ***
rsync: recv_generator: mkdir "/media/bmike1/USB DISK/Documents/taxes/tax 2008" failed: Permission denied (13)
*** Skipping any contents from this failed directory ***
rsync: recv_generator: mkdir "/media/bmike1/USB DISK/Documents/taxes/tax 2009" failed: Permission denied (13)
*** Skipping any contents from this failed directory ***
rsync: recv_generator: mkdir "/media/bmike1/USB DISK/Documents/taxes/tax 2010" failed: Permission denied (13)
*** Skipping any contents from this failed directory ***
rsync: recv_generator: mkdir "/media/bmike1/USB DISK/Documents/taxes/tax 2011" failed: Permission denied (13)
*** Skipping any contents from this failed directory ***
rsync: recv_generator: mkdir "/media/bmike1/USB DISK/Documents/taxes/tax 2013" failed: Permission denied (13)
*** Skipping any contents from this failed directory ***
rsync: recv_generator: mkdir "/media/bmike1/USB DISK/Documents/taxes/taxes 2012 LOOK" failed: Permission denied (13)
*** Skipping any contents from this failed directory ***
rsync: write failed on "/media/bmike1/USB DISK/Documents/ComputerInstructions/2015-02-16-raspbian-wheezy.img": No space left on device (28)
rsync error: error in file IO (code 11) at receiver.c(389) [receiver=3.1.0]



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