XPost: aus.computers   
   From: none@not.here   
      
   Paul wrote:   
   > On Thu, 12/18/2025 6:47 AM, keithr0 wrote:   
   >> On 18/12/2025 9:19 am, Felix wrote:   
   >>> Mike Scott wrote:   
   >>>> On 17/12/2025 14:08, Gary R. Schmidt wrote:   
   >>>>> Really, just do "rsync -a /source/path /destination/path", maybe throw   
   in a "-v" to see what's happening.   
   >>>> But understand the crucial difference between:   
   >>>> "rsync -a /source/path /destination/path"   
   >>>> "rsync -a /source/path/ /destination/path"   
   >>>>   
   >>>> (I think you may mean the latter in your example)   
   >>>>   
   >>>>   
   >>>> "man rsync", and follow the examples.   
   >>>>   
   >>>>   
   >>> I don't want to use the terminal. someone could tell me the wrong thing   
   and I could screw up my system   
   >>>   
   >> You're in Linux baby, console is where it's at.   
   > The crying begins, when you break down on the side   
   > of the road, the GUI isn't working, and you can't   
   > get to a Terminal :-)   
   >   
   > Felix had better practice his Houdini Impersonation,   
   > in preparation for that day.   
   >   
   > You might have to bring the system up in single-user mode,   
   > and dig up the systemd command to do that. Maybe you have   
   > to chroot in, and give the victim oxygen.   
   >   
   > Felix being thwarted by a little copy aggravation,   
   > that's pretty low on the aggravation totem pole.   
   >   
   > Have I been defeated by an OS ? Ohhh Yesss.   
      
   total system failure is what disk images, timeshift (or other backups)   
   are for   
      
   >   
   >     Paul   
      
      
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