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Author: Michael
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Subject: Re: rsync problem
/dev/sdd1 on /media/bmike1/RedSanDisk type vfat
(rw,nosuid,nodev,uid=1000,gid=1000,shortname=mixed,dmask=0077,utf8=1,showexec,flush,uhelper=udisks2)


On Tue, May 10, 2016 at 12:18 AM, James Mcphee <> wrote:

> Plug it in, run "mount", just the command, no options, to print mount
> options, and show us the filesystem and options?
>
> On Mon, May 9, 2016 at 8:28 PM, Michael <> wrote:
>
>> df says it is 85% full with 5 G left of 30. I sure hope it isn't
>> dying.... I bought it less than a year ago. I only write to it around 8
>> times a month. as for how it is mounted this is the first time it has
>> messed up on me since I bought it.
>>
>> On Mon, May 9, 2016 at 11:01 PM, Bob Elzer <> wrote:
>>
>>> I have a feeling that your USB drive may be dying.
>>>
>>> If it is flash, how many times have you copied to it? A lot?
>>>
>>> What size is it? Is it near full?
>>> On May 9, 2016 7:21 PM, "Michael" <> wrote:
>>>
>>>> what about this:
>>>> "read only file system" thing?
>>>>
>>>> On Mon, May 9, 2016 at 10:15 PM, Sesso <> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Try using just --delete instead of --delete-before
>>>>>
>>>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>>>
>>>>> On May 9, 2016, at 7:09 PM, Michael <> 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 <>
>>>>> 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" <> 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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