On Ubuntu 21.10 - I have been using "file manager" to copy a folder with several subfolders. Yesterday I found out that only two of sub-folders are actually copied... There is no indication / feedback what folders are being successfully copied...
It is very important to me - the copy is a backup of my C++ code!
Please advise what am I doing wrong and how to rectify this - using local Linux tools - I am not in favor to "do github".
Some GUI file managers have bugs like that.
If you're comfortable with using terminal, you could use rsync and automate that backup. If you want a GUI equivalent, there is Grsync.
This command installs both:
sudo apt install rsync grsync
Read man rsync for all the options you can set up.
This is the command I personally use for my backups:
rsync -avhWn --info=progress2 --delete-before /source /destination
where the options mean:
-a archive-v verbose-h preserve hard links-W copy files whole-n dry run--info=progress2 progress status--delete-before Deletes all files in the destination that are not present in the source, basically syncing 1 way.In order to automate it, you write the rsync script/command you want to use, and put it in crontab -e.
You can use crontab.guru to figure out when you want your script to run.
I hope this helped.
