[SOLVED] Restoring a single folder from an Evolution backup in Ubuntu 20.04

scasey · 08-22-2020, 09:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by alex4buba

Code:

alex@alex-nuc8i7hnk:/media/alex/New-SD-512/sat$ ls -l
total 0

As you can see, this in terminal mode, not in GUI

So, where are the backup files? What do I need to do to see them?

Thanks

Change the ownership as previously advised.

scasey · 08-22-2020, 09:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by alex4buba

When in terminal and I enter that command, I get this:

alex@alex-nuc8i7hnk:~$ sudo chown -r alex:alex /media/New-SD-512
chown: invalid option -- 'r'

So you need to check the man page to see how to make the chown be recursive on your system.

Enter man chown on the command line. Space bar advances a page. Enter advances one line. b to go back a page. man man and man less

alex4buba · 08-22-2020, 09:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by alex4buba

Code:

alex@alex-nuc8i7hnk:/media/alex/New-SD-512/sat$ ls -l
total 0

As you can see, this in terminal mode, not in GUI

So, where are the backup files? What do I need to do to see them?

Thanks

OK, I ran the following :

Code:

alex@alex-nuc8i7hnk:~$ ls -l /media/New-SD-512
total 12
drwxr-xr-x 4 urbackup urbackup 4096 Aug 23 10:47 mybackup
drwxr-xr-x 3 root     root     4096 Aug 23 10:19 sat
drwxr-xr-x 3 root     root     4096 Aug 23 08:08 sun
alex@alex-nuc8i7hnk:~$ sudu chown -R alex:alex /media/New-SD-512

Then, I ran it again

Code:

alex@alex-nuc8i7hnk:~$ ls -l /media/New-SD-512
total 12
drwxr-xr-x 4 alex alex 4096 Aug 23 10:47 mybackup
drwxr-xr-x 3 alex alex 4096 Aug 23 10:19 sat
drwxr-xr-x 3 alex alex 4096 Aug 23 08:08 sun

The sat folder is empty - either in Terminal or in GUI

scasey · 08-22-2020, 09:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by alex4buba

OK, I ran the following :

Code:

alex@alex-nuc8i7hnk:~$ ls -l /media/New-SD-512
total 12
drwxr-xr-x 4 urbackup urbackup 4096 Aug 23 10:47 mybackup
drwxr-xr-x 3 root     root     4096 Aug 23 10:19 sat
drwxr-xr-x 3 root     root     4096 Aug 23 08:08 sun
alex@alex-nuc8i7hnk:~$ sudu chown -R alex:alex /media/New-SD-512

Then, I ran it again

Code:

alex@alex-nuc8i7hnk:~$ ls -l /media/New-SD-512
total 12
drwxr-xr-x 4 alex alex 4096 Aug 23 10:47 mybackup
drwxr-xr-x 3 alex alex 4096 Aug 23 10:19 sat
drwxr-xr-x 3 alex alex 4096 Aug 23 08:08 sun

The sat folder is empty - either in Terminal or in GUI

(Thanks for using code tags!)
You aren’t checking the contents if sat or sun. You’re only checking the contents of New-SD-512.
Keep drilling down...or add a /* to that command.

alex4buba · 08-22-2020, 11:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by scasey

(Thanks for using code tags!)
You aren’t checking the contents if sat or sun. You’re only checking the contents of New-SD-512.
Keep drilling down...or add a /* to that command.

OK, I followed and did this:

Code:

alex@alex-nuc8i7hnk:~$ ls -l /media/New-SD-512/sun/alexfolders
total 84
drwxr-xr-x  7 alex alex 12288 Sep 18  2020  A-Beleura-Village
drwxr-xr-x  4 alex alex  4096 Sep 18  2020  A-BeleuraWeb
drwxr-xr-x  3 alex alex  4096 Aug 22 11:18  A-BondsandStocks
drwxr-xr-x  8 alex alex 36864 Aug 20 08:48  A-DOCS
drwxr-xr-x  6 alex alex  4096 Aug 21 18:53  A-DT_Ubuntu
drwxr-xr-x  2 alex alex  4096 Oct 18  2020  A-Exit
drwxr-xr-x 22 alex alex  4096 Oct  7  2020  A-NMAA_New
drwxr-xr-x  7 alex alex  4096 Oct 18  2020  A-Photo_Albums
drwxr-xr-x  6 alex alex  4096 Oct 18  2020  A-Sakura_Sushi
drwxr-xr-x  7 alex alex  4096 Sep 18  2020  A-Sq-125
drwxr-xr-x  2 alex alex  4096 Sep 15  2020 'System Volume Information'

But, when I ran the chown - it says that I am already setup this way

Code:

alex@alex-nuc8i7hnk:~$ sudo chown -vR alex:alex /media/alex/New-SD-512/sun
[sudo] password for alex: 
ownership of '/media/alex/New-SD-512/sun/alexfolders' retained as alex:alex
ownership of '/media/alex/New-SD-512/sun' retained as alex:alex

So, who is the owner that can see the content? Should I call Trump?

Sorry
Alex

alex4buba · 08-22-2020, 11:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by scasey

(Thanks for using code tags!)
You aren’t checking the contents if sat or sun. You’re only checking the contents of New-SD-512.
Keep drilling down...or add a /* to that command.

The code tags, I enter them manually - is there an easier way?

Thanks
Alex

sgosnell · 08-22-2020, 11:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by alex4buba

When in terminal and I enter that command, I get this:

alex@alex-nuc8i7hnk:~$ sudo chown -r alex:alex /media/New-SD-512
chown: invalid option -- 'r'

Sorry, that should be -R, not -r. The parameters are case sensitive, and I was going from memory, which isn't always reliable.

scasey · 08-22-2020, 11:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by alex4buba

The code tags, I enter them manually - is there an easier way?

Thanks
Alex

Yes. Highlight what you want to wrap and use the # button in the toolbar... didn’t I say that already?

scasey · 08-22-2020, 11:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sgosnell

Sorry, that should be -R, not -r. The parameters are case sensitive, and I was going from memory, which isn't always reliable.

As a teachable comment for Alex...everything in Linux is case sensitive. I think he figured it out from the man page, tho.

sgosnell · 08-22-2020, 11:21 PM

You are the owner of sun. I don't know about others. You should change the owner of the entire card. You probably aren't seeing the files because you aren't going deep enough into the folder hierarchy. The way you've set things up, there are some empty folders above the ones that actually have the files.

scasey · 08-22-2020, 11:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by alex4buba

OK, I followed and did this:

Code:

alex@alex-nuc8i7hnk:~$ ls -l /media/New-SD-512/sun/alexfolders
total 84
drwxr-xr-x  7 alex alex 12288 Sep 18  2020  A-Beleura-Village
drwxr-xr-x  4 alex alex  4096 Sep 18  2020  A-BeleuraWeb
drwxr-xr-x  3 alex alex  4096 Aug 22 11:18  A-BondsandStocks
drwxr-xr-x  8 alex alex 36864 Aug 20 08:48  A-DOCS
drwxr-xr-x  6 alex alex  4096 Aug 21 18:53  A-DT_Ubuntu
drwxr-xr-x  2 alex alex  4096 Oct 18  2020  A-Exit
drwxr-xr-x 22 alex alex  4096 Oct  7  2020  A-NMAA_New
drwxr-xr-x  7 alex alex  4096 Oct 18  2020  A-Photo_Albums
drwxr-xr-x  6 alex alex  4096 Oct 18  2020  A-Sakura_Sushi
drwxr-xr-x  7 alex alex  4096 Sep 18  2020  A-Sq-125
drwxr-xr-x  2 alex alex  4096 Sep 15  2020 'System Volume Information'

But, when I ran the chown - it says that I am already setup this way

Code:

alex@alex-nuc8i7hnk:~$ sudo chown -vR alex:alex /media/alex/New-SD-512/sun
[sudo] password for alex: 
ownership of '/media/alex/New-SD-512/sun/alexfolders' retained as alex:alex
ownership of '/media/alex/New-SD-512/sun' retained as alex:alex

So, who is the owner that can see the content? Should I call Trump?

Sorry
Alex

The -R changed the owner on all the files and directories. You won’t need to do it again.

Doesn’t that list look exactly like a list of the source? You are seeing the content.
If you want to see what’s in A-Exit, for example, you need to do the ls -l on that directory.

scasey · 08-22-2020, 11:31 PM

Alternatively, you can cd into a directory, and just do ls -l to see what’s in it.

The number after the permissions is an indicator of the number of entries in the directory.
An empty directory will display 2 an entry for it and one for its parent.
Looks like A-Exit is empty, but A-NMAA_New has 20.

sgosnell · 08-22-2020, 11:35 PM

Or use the GUI file manager. You just have to get down to the right directory level, and keep clicking on the subdirectories.

alex4buba · 08-22-2020, 11:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sgosnell

You are the owner of sun. I don't know about others. You should change the owner of the entire card. You probably aren't seeing the files because you aren't going deep enough into the folder hierarchy. The way you've set things up, there are some empty folders above the ones that actually have the files.

I ran the following command, a few hundred lines ran through the screen, all of them - said
ownership of '/media/alex/New-SD-512/DTPictures' retained as alex:alex for each of the folders

Code:

alex@alex-nuc8i7hnk:~$ sudo chown -vR alex:alex /media/alex/New-SD-512

sgosnell · 08-22-2020, 11:45 PM

OK, that should do it. You should need no sudo for the cronjob. Now just wait for the next day's run. For the first week it should take awhile. Subsequent weeks should be faster, depending on how many files you add to alexfiles.