Source directory path with symlink fail in the latest version ?

[calamarim]

Updating the rsync_time_machine.py to the latest version broke my backup script that ran for a year.

Hera a sample command & message

host:~$ /home/marcoc/rsync-time-machine.py/rsync_time_machine.py -p 22229 /mnt/win_d/Books   aaa@bbb.ccc:/mnt/backup/backup_Books
rsync-time-machine.py: [ERROR] Source folder '/mnt/win_d/Books' does not exist - aborting.

host:~$ ls -al /mnt/win_d
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 5 nov  3  2021 /mnt/win_d -> /home

host:~$ ls -l /mnt/win_d/Books
total 184
drwx------ 47 marcoc marcoc  4096 lug 31  2006 0_Articoli_Cassandra_Crossing
...
drwxr-xr-x  2 marcoc marcoc 12288 dic  4  2022 UAV

[basnijholt]

Do you know what version you ran before?

[calamarim]

On dom, 2024-09-08 at 12:00 -0700, Bas Nijholt wrote: Do you know what version you ran before? — Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub, or unsubscribe. You are receiving this because you authored the thread.Message ID: ***@***.***>

I was unable tu find version inside, so maybe those data are useful drwxr-xr-x 8 marcoc marcoc 4096 feb 18 2024 .git drwxr-xr-x 3 marcoc marcoc 4096 feb 18 2024 .github -rw-r--r-- 1 marcoc marcoc 3103 feb 18 2024 .gitignore -rw-r--r-- 1 marcoc marcoc 11357 feb 18 2024 LICENSE -rw-r--r-- 1 marcoc marcoc 626 feb 18 2024 .pre-commit-config.yaml -rw-r--r-- 1 marcoc marcoc 2251 feb 18 2024 pyproject.toml -rw-r--r-- 1 marcoc marcoc 12584 feb 18 2024 README.md -rwxr-xr-x 1 marcoc marcoc 29131 feb 18 2024 rsync_time_machine.py drwxr-xr-x 2 marcoc marcoc 4096 feb 18 2024 tests ***@***.***:~/rsync-time-machine.py$ md5sum rsync_time_machine.py 16d1cf878be79e1967baca2ae163a853 rsync_time_machine.py

[basnijholt]

Is that md5sum for the working version?

[calamarim]

On dom, 2024-09-08 at 15:38 -0700, Bas Nijholt wrote: Is that md5sum for the working version?

Yes, the not working one was downloaded two days ago.

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[basnijholt]

Thank you for sharing that. This means that this commit has broken your script: ad5fc8d.

Investigating.

[basnijholt]

Could you share what you get when using this in the terminal:

test -e '/mnt/win_d/Books'; echo $?

[basnijholt]

Also, can you rerun your backup command with --verbose?
So
/home/marcoc/rsync-time-machine.py/rsync_time_machine.py --verbose -p 22229 /mnt/win_d/Books aaa@bbb.ccc:/mnt/backup/backup_Books

[calamarim]

On lun, 2024-09-09 at 19:59 -0700, Bas Nijholt wrote: Could you share what you get when using this in the terminal: test -e '/mnt/win_d/Books'; echo $?

Debian: 12.7 ***@***.***:~$ test -e '/mnt/win_d/Books'; echo $? 0 ***@***.***:~$ /home/marcoc/rsync-time-machine.py/rsync_time_machine.py --verbose -p 22231 /mnt/win_d/Books ***@***.***:/mnt/backup/backup_Books rsync-time-machine.py: Running remote command: test -e '/mnt/win_d/Books' rsync-time-machine.py: [ERROR] Command exit code: 1 rsync-time-machine.py: [ERROR] Source folder '/mnt/win_d/Books' does not exist - aborting. Thanks.   Marco

[calamarim]

On lun, 2024-09-09 at 20:01 -0700, Bas Nijholt wrote: Also, can you rerun your backup command with --verbose? So /home/marcoc/rsync-time-machine.py/rsync_time_machine.py --verbose -p 22229 /mnt/win_d/Books ***@***.******@***.***):/mnt/backup/backup_Books

Maybe this is relevant ***@***.***:~$ man test ***@***.***:~$ test -h '/mnt/win_d/Books'; echo $? 1

[basnijholt]

That means that the test -e '/mnt/win_d/Books' command says the folder does not exist. This behavior has not changed since the initial release.

[calamarim]

If I can suggest something, integrate the test -h, together test -e in the logic of existence control; something like an OR.
A folder whose path include a link of course exists