Your file system is mounted read only. Is it NTFS? You need to mount it
RW. NTFS might require additional tools
On May 9, 2016 7:21 PM, "Michael" <
bmike1@gmail.com> wrote:
> what about this:
> "read only file system" thing?
>
> On Mon, May 9, 2016 at 10:15 PM, Sesso <sesso@djsesso.com> wrote:
>
>> Try using just --delete instead of --delete-before
>>
>> Sent from my iPhone
>>
>> On May 9, 2016, at 7:09 PM, Michael <bmike1@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> well, I just ran it with the trailing slash and it gave me the same
>> output as before except it happened immediately. The USB drive wasn't
>> accessd for five minutes.
>>
>> On Mon, May 9, 2016 at 10:04 PM, Bob Elzer <bob.elzer@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> My syncs look like this
>>>
>>> Rsync -rauh --delete /frompath/fromdir /topath/todir
>>>
>>> This copies the fromdir into the todir directory and copies all files
>>> and directories below fromdir
>>>
>>> -r recursive
>>> -a archive - which is synonymous to -rlptgoD
>>> -u update :don't over write newer files
>>> -W copy whole files (don't do delta)
>>> -h human readable numbers
>>>
>>> This backs up my stuff to an external drive, thus I don't need to do a
>>> delta or compression because it is all local
>>> --delete Any files that were removed from the source will be removed
>>> from the destination
>>>
>>> If I were copying across a network, I add -z and remove -W
>>> Which will compress the transfer and only send changes when possible.
>>>
>>> Normally I use --quiet and change it to --verbose or --progress when I
>>> want to monitor it
>>> On May 9, 2016 4:05 PM, "Michael" <bmike1@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> When I run rsync one file (a directory) will not sync and the files in
>>>> that file. I was wondering why. I thought that maybe if the file was in
>>>> there to start that would fix it and it does so if only temporarily. Upon
>>>> the next run of rsync the directory in question is deleted.
>>>> the command that is run:
>>>> $ rsync -aWuq --delete-before /home/bmike1/Documents
>>>> /media/bmike1/RedSanDisk
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> https://docs.google.com/document/d/1FAfv-aLaQR6HWUx8M-aZF4QL8oAsi6SH2Xg01vKpTPI/edit?usp=sharing
>>>>
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