[Klug-general] rsync and usb

[David Halliday]

Good morning,

Looking at the two commands:
/usr/bin/rsync -av /home/boztu/ */media/disk/*`/bin/date +%Y%m%d`/ >>
/home/boztu/cron/backup.txt
/usr/bin/rsync -av /home/boztu/ */media/usb/*`/bin/date +%Y%m%d`/ >>
/home/boztu/cron/backup.txt

The only difference i can see is the name of the directory where the device
is mounted. This might be a case of checking the fstab:
http://www.tuxfiles.org/linuxhelp/fstab.html

Te enable both of these to run (or the right one to run) you can use an if
statement to detect which target directory exists:
if [ -d /media/disk/ ]; then
   /usr/bin/rsync -av /home/boztu/ /media/disk/`/bin/date +%Y%m%d`/ \
   >> /home/boztu/cron/backup.txt
fi

if [ -d /media/usb/ ]; then
   /usr/bin/rsync -av /home/boztu/ /media/usb/`/bin/date +%Y%m%d`/ \
   >> /home/boztu/cron/backup.txt
fi

On 25 September 2011 23:20, sharon kimble <boudiccas at talktalk.net> wrote:

> I use rsync to back up my /home to an external hard drive using usb.  Thiis
> the stanza;= /usr/bin/rsync -av /home/boztu/ /media/disk/`/bin/date
> +%Y%m%d`/
> >> /home/boztu/cron/backup.txt
>
> But occasionally when I plug the drive in after a reboot, it comes up with
> ;=
> /usr/bin/rsync -av /home/boztu/ /media/usb/`/bin/date +%Y%m%d`/ >>
> /home/boztu/cron/backup.txt
>
> How can I add the second line to my backup.sh file such that it will run
> from
> either stanza please?
>
> Take care
> Sharon.
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