Copy from HD to USB

[zemun2]

Hi,

I would like to copy a folder from my FreeNAS located at /mnt/hd/public/pictures to my USB drive located at the same FreeNAS box at /mnt/usb/public.
Can this be done in Rsync Task and how? I have rsync enabled is there anything else that needs to be turned on?

Thanks in advance.

Dejan

 

[nojohnny101]

I would just SSH in and use the "cp" or "mv" command (depending on whether you want to copy or move).

 

[zemun2]

I would just SSH in and use the "cp" or "mv" command (depending on whether you want to copy or move).

If I do that do I need to keep terminal window open while it's copying? I would like to have the FreeNAS do all the work without any other computer being used.

 

[wblock]

Do it from the console.

 

[zemun2]

Do it from the console.

Thank you sir.

I assume the command would be cp /mnt/hd/public/pictures /mnt/usb/public correct?

 

[nojohnny101]

I assume the command would be cp /mnt/hd/public/pictures /mnt/usb/public correct?

Maybe, depends on what you are copying. There are multiple "arguments" that you can add to perform certain functions such as copying directories, make the copy recursive, preserving attributes, etc.

You can read about the CP command here:
https://www.computerhope.com/unix/ucp.htm

 

[wblock]

Probably need at least a -R in there to get it to copy recursively. For this, I'd probably use rsync:
rsync -av /mnt/hd/public/pictures /mnt/usb/public

It's not clear if you want the pictures in the destination public directory, or want it to create a pictures directory there. I usually add slashes to the ends of the path to make sure a directory is copied and created:
rsync -av /mnt/hd/public/pictures/ /mnt/usb/public/pictures/

 

[zemun2]

Probably need at least a -R in there to get it to copy recursively. For this, I'd probably use rsync:
rsync -av /mnt/hd/public/pictures /mnt/usb/public

It's not clear if you want the pictures in the destination public directory, or want it to create a pictures directory there. I usually add slashes to the ends of the path to make sure a directory is copied and created:
rsync -av /mnt/hd/public/pictures/ /mnt/usb/public/pictures/

I tried doing a test copy with one movie inside the folder and this is what I'm getting.

[root@freenas ~]# rsync -av /mnt/hd/Public/from /mnt/hd/Public/to
sending incremental file list
from/Gold.2016.mp4
rsync: mkstemp "/mnt/hd/Public/to/from/.Gold.2016.mp4.8QqOJa" failed: Operation not permitted (1)

sent 944,320,986 bytes received 138 bytes 209,849,138.67 bytes/sec
total size is 944,090,357 speedup is 1.00
rsync error: some files/attrs were not transferred (see previous errors) (code 23) at main.c(1180) [sender=3.1.2]
[root@freenas ~]#

I can read/write to both folders from my mac no problem.

 

[wblock]

It's trying to create a temporary file and failing with "operation not permitted", so it looks like a permission problem. Also, you're trying to copy from one directory on a drive to another directory on the same drive.

 

[zemun2]

It's trying to create a temporary file and failing with "operation not permitted", so it looks like a permission problem. Also, you're trying to copy from one directory on a drive to another directory on the same drive.

It worked a lot better when I copied from HD to USB.
Thanks for all the help.

One more question. Is there a way to show progress in percentage or something like that.

 

[wblock]

Yes!
rsync --progress -av /mnt/hd/public/pictures/ /mnt/usb/public/pictures/

 

[melloa]

rsync --progress -av /mnt/hd/public/pictures/ /mnt/usb/public/pictures/

-a wasn't working on Corral due to some changes in the way directories and files' permissions were set (I remember devs saying they were trying to improve/fix the old Linux way). I had to change around to -rltzu. Will -a work with 11, as it does in 9.10?

 

[wblock]

Sorry, I don't know. Depends on what the problem was, but there were some strange permissions things in Corral specific to SMB shares which are not present in 11.

 

[melloa]

Sorry, I don't know. Depends on what the problem was, but there were some strange permissions things in Corral specific to SMB shares which are not present in 11.

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