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a utility used to synchronise files between locations (possibly over a network)

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Attempt to move a large virtualbox vdi file repeatedly fails from one drive to another

I have read numerous ways of moving a large file from one drive to another, but none of them address the issue I am having.This could be a post for a VirtualBox forum and I will post there as well and ...
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rsync refuses to exclude directory

I'm trying to make a OS backup with rsync and have put this into crontab. which by itself works great, but for some reason it refuses to take /export into account while looking at the excludes... 0 2 *...
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Not getting the right output when using rsync --delete

I'm trying to delete files using rsync --delete but i keep getting this output. cli screenshot
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Error while coping from Read-only source using rsync

I'm trying to copy a folder using rsync rsync -avP "$src_path" "$target_path" But rsync is giving me this error. rsync: recv_generator: mkdir $target_path/sub_dir failed: Read-...
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"Disk Full" After a rsync failure?

So I ran an rsync over night in a tmux sessions. It was to copy contents from one mount to another (USB disks). Rsync command was: rsync --info=progress2 /mnt/wdpassport /mnt/wdredpro When I woke up ...
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rsync or cp for coping debs ans settings

Hi there I've written a script to backup my cache and etc directory. Just trying to decided whether or not to use cp or rsync. It's important that all files are copied with permissions preserved.
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How to fix Lsyncd Active (exited) Error?

Installed lsyncd on Ubuntu 20.04 create lsyncd.conf.lua settings = { logfile = "/var/log/lsyncd/lsyncd.log", statusFile = "/var/log/lsyncd/lsyncd.status" } sync { ...
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not able to sync from server to server to /etc/letsencrypt location

I am making a cron job on my server node that uses haproxy base concated cert file from letsencrypt. however when I am at home I have same dns pointing to the home server which is actually hosting the ...
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Bash rsync script won't complete on large backups

Over the last year or so, I've be trying to learn bash scripting on Ubuntu (one 20.04 LTS box and one 21.04). I feel that my skills have been progressing nicely, but I'm at my wits end with one ...
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Can I copy a file to two drives at the same time from a single read? (Copy one-to-two in single operation, preferably in rsync)

I frequently need to back up a source disk to multiple target disks. At the moment the workflow is rsync from source to target1 then dd clone target1 to target2. It would be lovely if I could rsync ...
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Delete files using rsync only after so many days

Does anyone have a good way to have rsync delete files only after so many days it has been removed from the source? Kind of like, I delete file x on day one from source, by day 30, the file is then ...
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SCP/RSYNC don't work in Crontab but work when run standalone

I need to copy a backup file to a backup server everyday. I am using PublicKey SSH authentication. All of the things work but not together: If I run this line in crontab rsync /home/ubuntu/*...
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Changed permissions of docker volumes folder > You don't have permission to access this resource

I am running an instance of nextcloudpi in docker. I wanted to sync the data folder between two server via rsync, but got a permission folder. So I tried to give my user "John" the ...
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Comparing structure of files

I got 2 structures of dirs: dir1 ├── 1 │ └── file1 ├── 2 │ └── file1 ├── 3 │ └── file1 ├── 4 │ └── file1 ├── 5 └── file1 dir2 ├── 1 ├── 2 ├── 5 I use xargs mkdir -p < dirs.txt to make ...
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How to rsync my Google Drive with a local folder?

Since the built-in nautilus Google Drive is so super slow, I was wondering if there is a way to have my Google Drive contents automatically downloaded to a local folder and then when I make a change ...
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How to patch rsync the correct way

I want to patch rsync to support detect-renamed option, but I don't want to download a patch and extract it, I want to use apt (apt-get), how to do this?
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Rsync directory error

I wanted to copy files that are made 15 and more days ago. Here is the code im currently using rsync -RDa0P \ --files-from=<(find /vmail/folder1/ -mtime +15 -print0) \ . [email protected]:/...
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rsync (ubuntu 20.04) to Synology DS218 option -a doesnot preserve user name and group of files

I have been on the internet searching for my problem. I use rsync to copy files from my ubuntu 20.04 desktop to NAS Synology DS218+. It worked fine with ubuntu 18.04. I was able to reproduce the error ...
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After rsync folders have different sizes

I have used rsync to copy a folder from one machine to another. The folder is very large and has thousands of subdirectories and in total millions of files. After the transfer (which was interrupted a ...
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rsync can not delete .git/objects directory files

I am running the command: rsync -ab --delete-delay /media/blueray/WDRed /media/blueray/UltrastarDaily Just to be clear, it delete destination file (--delete-delay) if the file is removed from the ...
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cannot unmount a disk after rsync backup

I have taken a backup of a large directory onto a mounted external disk, using rsync -av. The command terminated after sometime, but after that I am unable to unmount the disk, when I try to unmount I ...
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How to rsync exclude directory and subdirectories Multiple

I want exclude multiple directory and subdirectories and its contents files. I want to transfer(send) all folder and file from /home/admin/web/domain.com/public_html But want to exclude these ...
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Raspberry Pi Rsync

I've run through this guide https://medium.com/xster-tech/move-your-existing-raspberry-pi-4-ubuntu-install-from-sd-card-to-usb-ssd-52e99723f07b in order to move Ubuntu from my SD card to my internal ...
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How to set up crontab in ubuntu 20.04?

I have written several backup tasks in crontab and I use rsync to do the backup. One of the backup tasks is as follows: 30 1 * * 6 root rsync -avz [email protected]::codelab /backup/gitlab --password-...
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rsync exclude option with file names with spaces

I have been trying to run rsync as follows; rsync -av --exclude '/home/joe/VirtualBox*' /dst where VirtualBox* denotes all files and directories under the directory 'VirtualBox VMs' However, it does ...
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rsync with --delete-before except if source empty

I back up a hard drive with an rsync --delete-before cron job. The problem is that if the source drive fails then rsync sees it as empty and everything is deleted from the backup - exactly what you ...
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I think rsync://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists does not match https://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists, can you verify?

I'm trying to maintain an rsync mirror of old-releases.ubuntu.com, and when I rsync the /ubuntu/dists directory, I get the same as what's found at https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists. When I visit ...
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Lubuntu 18.04, rsync gives me ‘sh: rsync: command not found’ rsync version 3.1.2 is installed

I am trying to rsync the root folder of an iPhone over ssh into a folder at /home/Ryan/Downloads/iphone $ rsync-e ssh [email protected]:/ /home/Ryan/Downloads/iphone I then enter the password when ...
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Compare files in directories with different structures and show differences (20.04)

While this may sound like a task that could be accomplished by rsync, diff and the likes, I haven't managed to succeed. AFAIK, these tools take the directory structure into account when comparing the ...
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rsync over direct ethernet connection slows down quickly

I've connected two Ubuntu Server 20.04 machines with a direct ethernet connection. One is a computer with a RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller, the other is a Raspberry Pi 4 ...
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Running Rsync in the background

Trying to run rsync in the background rsync -rt /home/2/folder/1234 root@12345678:/stor/folder CTRL-Z Entering bg and it runs in the background but now when I exit my SSH connection it stops? I tried ...
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One Volume Did Not Go DST with the rest of the system

I have one 8TB USB-mounted drive (exfat) on an Ubuntu 20.04 server. The files on there seem to have stayed an hour behind. This is giving various rsync and rclone jobs quite a workout! Any ideas ...
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How to get rsync to synchronize only new blocks for blockchain

Every time I run rsync to backup a blockchain, it starts from the beginning and tries to sync the whole thing, every time, even though there may only be a few blocks worth of data that is new. The ...
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Why is Ubuntu unable to do MTP <-> SMB transfers?

Nautilus can't copy between SMB and MTP device. same for rsync which gives: rsync: [receiver] mkstemp "/run/user/1000/gvfs/smb-share:server=192.168.1.20,share=backup/phone/files/filename.txt"...
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The trickier part of a backup: The restoration

I would like to make the backup process of my system as sensible and efficient as possible. (Well, not as possible maybe, but a little bit at least.) In this course, the backup itself is the most ...
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How to quickly transfer files (using rsync) from a computer to another

I want to transfer the whole content of a partition from a computer tu another. The answers to this question apparently solve the problem exactly as I wanted. But the result is too slow. What I did: I ...
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rsync log file gets corrupted when using nano editor or mail ( postfix ) command

I have a strange situation where I am re-directing the whole output of an rsync command to a file and the file gets corrupted if I open it with nano editor or if I send the output to outlook mail. If ...
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Why is my command line in script modified before execution

I am trying to create an rsync script and am having problems with my parameters. This is section of script causing problem. rsync -inaruAX --stats --exclude={.[a-z]} $source $destination > "$...
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How to Transfer files from computer to cloud server using an intermediate server?

I have a hardrive containing 2.5 TB of data. I want to copy these files to my cloud server which has enough hspace. But, this cloud server can only be accessed through a intermediate server, which ...
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Proper and accurate way to back up in a folder, the hole System

What is the most accurate and safe way to backup the hole System (all the / directory) on ubuntu? I am new to Linux, and I am running Ubuntu Server 20.10 on a Raspberry Pi, and I want to backup ...
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rsync error unable to use options

I'm learning rsync. The man makes my eyes and brain bleed, especially the Option which isn't in alphabetical order and -e has numerous meanings. I'm testing transferring a file from machine0 to ...
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Warning: Permanently added '111.222.33.40' (ECDSA) to the list of known hosts

While I run rsync command to copy one directory from one server to another I get this warning: Warning: Permanently added '111.222.33.40' (ECDSA) to the list of known hosts. The command looks like: ...
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Netboot a machine, automatically rsync internal HDD to network master and continue booting from internal HDD

I have a server which stores the master image for a set of client computers. As of now the clients netboot from the server and use an overlayfs, so any changes do not affect the master image. Changes ...
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rsync from NTFS to ext4

I made a backup of a folder on an external NTFS drive on an ext4 folder and it went fine. The problem I have now is that rsync ignores already existing (and unchanged) files and syncs everything even ...
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Is there any TUI application for commandline for command rsync?

I use rsync now from the command line between two servers to transfer files. Is there a command line TUI application for rsync or something else which does the same? Common use cases is to exclude ...
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Rsync re-transfers entire file after title change

According to rsync's man page: [Rsync] is famous for its delta-transfer algorithm, which reduces the amount of data sent over the network by sending only the differences between the source files and ...
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How to get an update of deleted file on host machine only with rsync

I run my rsync backups without the --delete flag just in case something is deleted accidentally. In my logs with the -v flag I simply get informed of a change in the parent directory of the deleted ...
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why is mysqld process top process?

I can hear something pounding away on my hard drive. I look at top and see mysqld as top process, high 30 to 40% all the time. No I did not start any process with mysqld. I just ran a "pkexec ...
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Backing up Thunderbird from one laptop to another with RSync?

I installed Ubuntu on another laptop that I want to back up to. I run this: ole@mkt:~$ rsync -vaz /home/ole/.thunderbird [email protected]:/~ [email protected]'s password: sending incremental file list ...
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Using "rrsync" with sudo on destination machine

I'm trying to create an automated back up of various folders on my server, some of these require root access to read them. I realise that I can rsync as per this answer, namely I can (with success) ...
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