From: none@not.here   
      
   Handsome Jack wrote:   
   > On Sun, 16 Nov 2025 11:23:42 +1100, Felix wrote:   
   >   
   >> I have all my personal files in folders in the Home directory in the LM   
   >> folders ie. Documents, Pictures, etc., and also in folders I've created.   
   >> I want to backup everything in the Home Directory, and I've started   
   >> using DejaDup. I have configured it to use an internal drive I use for   
   >> Timeshift Snapshots, but auto backups fail. I get a message 'access   
   >> denied', so I have to do manual backups. Could this be because the   
   >> Timeshift drive is not mounted? What would be the best solution? Should   
   >> I use some other program, if so which is the best and does auto backups?   
   >> I only want to use GUI apps, I don't want to have to use the terminal.   
   >> Thanks,   
   > If you don't mind making a simple script file you can do all that free.   
   > The script is   
   > {   
   > #!/bin/bash   
   > #   
   >   SRCDIR="/home/jack/"   
   >   DESTDIR="/media/jack/Reserve/Jack-Backup/"   
   >   rsync -auv $SRCDIR $DESTDIR   
   > #   
   > }   
   >   
   > Once you've saved that in a file in your home directory, open the home   
   > directory ("/Jack" in my case), rightclick on the script file, choose   
   > "Send To" -> "Desktop (Create Link"). An icon will appear on your desktop   
   > that you can just right-click and it will execute the script. You may have   
   > to manually mount the disk first (mine is called "Reserve").   
   >   
   > The above version of the script doesn't delete anything, it just adds any   
   > new files to the backup disk and overwrites old versions of files on your   
   > backup disk with the new versions that are on your source disk. If that   
   > isn't what you want, you can add "--delete" to the rsync parameters in the   
   > script; this deletes files from your destination directory if they aren't   
   > present in the source directory.   
      
   Ok, thank you   
      
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