rdiff-backup: Backup whole folder instead of his contents - backup

I have a issue about a backup procedure with rdiff-backup. Let's say that i want to make a backup in the following way:
rdiff-backup foo /media/bar
When I do that, all the contents of "foo" are stored in "/media/bar/", but not "foo" itself. This is a problem to me because I want to backup multiple directories with the --include-globbing-filelist include-list option, if I do this, all the contents of the folders listed in include-list will be messy in the destination folder.
With rsync, if I do:
rsync -a foo /media/bar
"foo" and all of his contents will be transferred to "/media/bar" instead of his contents only.
So, is there any way to backup "foo" instead of only his contents?

Method 1
rdiff-backup foo /media/bar/foo
... just saying. ;-)
Method 2
Create an include list like this:
/home/me/foo
/home/me/other-foo
- /**
Then backup like this:
rdiff-backup --include-globbing-filelist include-list / /media/bar
In other words, tell rdiff-backup to backup everything, but then exclude everything you don't explicitly mention with the catch-all - /** rule at the foot of the include file.
My example starts at the root directory, but you could start at any level you like:
/foo
/other-foo
- /**
and
rdiff-backup --include-globbing-filelist include-list /home/me /media/bar
I like to start at root because a) it gives me maximum freedom to include and exclude stuff later, and b) I'm backing up some files from /etc anyway.

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Rename a «grandparent» folder case-sensitive?

How can I rename the folder called «grandparent» in the following directory structure
C:\Temp\grandparent\parent\child\
to «GrandParent» and
C:\Temp\GrandParent\parent\child\
The child-folder is not empty and contains different files.
If I try it with the command IO.Directory.Move(OldDirName, NewDirName) I get an error that the directory name must not be identical (ignoring the different case spelling).
Do I really have to move it to a completely new temporary directory (like C:\AnotherTemp\ and then move it back to the desired «GrandParent»?
(This answer seems only to work, if the last part («child») should be renamed.)

How to access two different routines in two files in Trace32 CMM scripts

I have two files in two different floder locations in Trace32. I execute cd.do file_name subroutine_name in Trace32. The trace32 takes the location of first command executed as the folder from which the following commands needs to be executed. How can I execute the routines from two different folders.
There is a pretty good guide here on how to script in Trace32.
http://www2.lauterbach.com/pdf/practice_user.pdf
I do not understand why you need to have them in two different folders, shouldn't it be solved by just have it in the same folder?
Well, maybe you should simply use DO <myscript.cmm> instead of CD.DO <myscript.cmm>.
DO <myscript.cmm> executes the script at the given location but keeps the current working path.
CD.DO <myscript.cmm> changes the working path to the location of the given script and then executes the script.
However I would recommend to write your scripts in a way that it doesn't matter if they are called with CD.DO or just DO. You can achieve that with either absolute paths or with paths relative to the script locations. (I prefer the 2nd one.)
So imagine the following file structure:
C:\t32\myscripts\start.cmm
C:\t32\myscripts\folder1\routines.cmm
C:\t32\myscripts\folder2\loadapp.cmm
C:\t32\myscripts\folder2\application.elf
You can cope this structure with absolute paths like that:
start.cmm:
DO "C:/t32/myscripts/folder1/routines.cmm" subroutine_A
DO "C:/t32/myscripts/folder2/loadapp.cmm"
folder2/loadapp.cmm:
Data.LOAD.Elf "C:/t32/myscripts/folder2/application.elf"
DO "C:/t32/myscripts/folder1/routines.cmm" subroutine_B
With relative paths you could use the prefix "~~~~" before accessing other files relative from the location of the currently executed PRACTICE script. The "~~~~" is replaced with the path of the currently executed script (just like "~" stands for your home directory.) There is also a function OS.PPD() which gives you the directory of the currently executed PRACTICE script.
So above situation with relative paths look like that:
start.cmm:
DO "~~~~/folder1/routines.cmm subroutine_A"
DO "~~~~/folder2/loadapp.cmm"
folder2/loadapp.cmm:
Data.LOAD.Elf "~~~~/application.elf"
DO "~~~~/../folder1/routines.cmm" subroutine_B

Execute scripts by relative path in Oracle SQL Developer

First, this question relates to Oracle SQL Developer 3.2, not SQL*Plus or iSQL, etc. I've done a bunch of searching but haven't found a straight answer.
I have several collections of scripts that I'm trying to automate (and btw, my SQL experience is pretty basic and mostly MS-based). The trouble I'm having is executing them by a relative path. for example, assume this setup:
scripts/A/runAll.sql
| /A1.sql
| /A2.sql
|
/B/runAll.sql
/B1.sql
/B2.sql
I would like to have a file scripts/runEverything.sql something like this:
##/A/runAll.sql
##/B/runAll.sql
scripts/A/runAll.sql:
##/A1.sql
##/A2.sql
where "##", I gather, means relative path in SQL*Plus.
I've fooled around with making variables but without much luck. I have been able to do something similar using '&1' and passing in the root directory. I.e.:
scripts/runEverything.sql:
#'&1/A/runAll.sql' '&1/A'
#'&1/B/runAll.sql' '&1/B'
and call it by executing this:
#'c:/.../scripts/runEverything.sql' 'c:/.../scripts'
But the problem here has been that B/runAll.sql gets called with the path: c:/.../scripts/A/B.
So, is it possible with SQL Developer to make nested calls, and how?
This approach has two components:
-Set-up the active SQL Developer worksheet's folder as the default directory.
-Open a driver script, e.g. runAll.sql, (which then changes the default directory to the active working directory), and use relative paths within the runAll.sql script to call sibling scripts.
Set-up your scripts default folder. On the SQL Developer toolbar, Use this navigation:
Tools > Preferences
In the preference dialog box, navigate to Database > Worksheet > Select default path to look for scripts.
Enter the default path to look for scripts as the active working directory:
"${file.dir}"
Create a script file and place all scripts associated in it:
runAll.sql
A1.sql
A2.sql
The content of runAll.sql would include:
#A1.sql;
#A2.sql;
To test this approach, in SQL Developer, click on File and navigate and open the script\runAll.sql file.
Next, select all (on the worksheet), and execute.
Through the act of navigating and opening the runAll.sql worksheet, the default file folder becomes "script".
I don't have access to SQL Developer right now so i can't experiment with the relative paths, but with the substitution variables I believe the problem you're seeing is that the positional variables (i.e. &1) are redefined by each start or #. So after your first #runAll, the parent script sees the same &1 that the last child saw, which now includes the /A.
You can avoid that by defining your own variable in the master script:
define path=&1
#'&path/A/runAll.sql' '&path/A'
#'&path/B/runAll.sql' '&path/B'
As long as runAll.sql, and anything that runs, does not also (re-define) path this should work, and you just need to choose a unique name if there is the risk of a clash.
Again I can't verify this but I'm sure I've done exactly this in the past...
you need to provide the path of the file as String , give the patch in double quote it will work
**
For Example
#"C:\Users\Arpan Saini\Zions R2\Reports Statements and Notices\Patch\08312017_Patch_16.2.3.17\DB Scripts\snsp.sql";
**
Execution of Sql
#yourPath\yourFileName.sql
How to pass parameters in file
#A1.sql; (Parameter)
#A2.sql; (Parameter)
This is not absolute or relative path issue. It's the SQL interpreter issue, where by default it will look for files which are having .sql extention.
Please make sure to modify the file name to file_name.sql
Ex: if workspace is having file name called "A", then move the file from A to "A.sql"

Mod-Rewrite to variable ending file

I'm trying to get apache to serve any request for /uploaded/2 with the first file that starts with 2 in a certain directory (say /foo/bar/).
Basically, If I have directory /foo/bar with contents:
1-filenameclutter.wav
2-clutterinthefilename.mp3
3-someweirdtext.jpg
And a web browser makes a request for /uploaded/1, apache would return 1-filenameclutter.wav; a request for /uploaded/2 would return 2-clutterinthefilename.mp3; etc. (all files with the right mime-type).
As far as I can see, ModRewrite can only go from a source with extraneous data to a simplified file on the file system, not the other way around.
Do you guys know any way to do this, with ModRewrite or using apache in another way (no PHP)?
EDIT:
Two things to point out, 1) I'm not concerned with duplicate files starting with the same id. These files correspond to an object in a database, which has a primarykey, id. 2) The reason I'm doing this is because I won't know exactly what the extension of the file is, but I do know the id, so when I form these I just prepend the orignal filename to the end of {{id}}- (Don't worry, I replace all ".."'s with "~").
Mod-rewrite has the ability to check if a single specific file exists, but you can't search a directory for a file pattern. Note that what you are suggesting would have horrible scaling attributes because the system would have to search all the files to find the file you are looking for. Since you already have the file in the database, why don't you just name the file with the id and keep the real filename in the database? In that case, /uploaded/2 would return the file at that location. You don't even need mod_rewrite.

What does f+++++++++ mean in rsync logs?

I'm using rsync to make a backup of my server files, and I have two questions:
In the middle of the process I need to stop and start rsync again.
Will rsync start from the point where it stopped or it will restart from the beginning?
In the log files I see "f+++++++++". What does it mean?
e.g.:
2010/12/21 08:28:37 [4537] >f.st...... iddd/logs/website-production-access_log
2010/12/21 08:29:11 [4537] >f.st...... iddd/web/website/production/shared/log/production.log
2010/12/21 08:29:14 [4537] .d..t...... iddd/web/website/production/shared/sessions/
2010/12/21 08:29:14 [4537] >f+++++++++ iddd/web/website/production/shared/sessions/ruby_sess.017a771cc19b18cd
2010/12/21 08:29:14 [4537] >f+++++++++ iddd/web/website/production/shared/sessions/ruby_sess.01eade9d317ca79a
Let's take a look at how rsync works and better understand the cryptic result lines:
1 - A huge advantage of rsync is that after an interruption the next time it continues smoothly.
The next rsync invocation will not transfer the files again, that it had already transferred, if they were not changed in the meantime. But it will start checking all the files again from the beginning to find out, as it is not aware that it had been interrupted.
2 - Each character is a code that can be translated if you read the section for -i, --itemize-changes in man rsync
Decoding your example log file from the question:
>f.st......
> - the item is received
f - it is a regular file
s - the file size is different
t - the time stamp is different
.d..t......
. - the item is not being updated (though it might have attributes
that are being modified)
d - it is a directory
t - the time stamp is different
>f+++++++++
> - the item is received
f - a regular file
+++++++++ - this is a newly created item
The relevant part of the rsync man page:
-i, --itemize-changes
Requests a simple itemized list of the changes that are being made to
each file, including attribute changes. This is exactly the same as
specifying --out-format='%i %n%L'. If you repeat the option, unchanged
files will also be output, but only if the receiving rsync is at least
version 2.6.7 (you can use -vv with older versions of rsync, but that
also turns on the output of other verbose messages).
The "%i" escape has a cryptic output that is 11 letters long. The
general format is like the string YXcstpoguax, where Y is replaced by
the type of update being done, X is replaced by the file-type, and the
other letters represent attributes that may be output if they are
being modified.
The update types that replace the Y are as follows:
A < means that a file is being transferred to the remote host (sent).
A > means that a file is being transferred to the local host (received).
A c means that a local change/creation is occurring for the item (such as the creation of a directory or the changing of a symlink,
etc.).
A h means that the item is a hard link to another item (requires --hard-links).
A . means that the item is not being updated (though it might have attributes that are being modified).
A * means that the rest of the itemized-output area contains a message (e.g. "deleting").
The file-types that replace the X are: f for a file, a d for a
directory, an L for a symlink, a D for a device, and a S for a
special file (e.g. named sockets and fifos).
The other letters in the string above are the actual letters that will
be output if the associated attribute for the item is being updated or
a "." for no change. Three exceptions to this are: (1) a newly created
item replaces each letter with a "+", (2) an identical item replaces
the dots with spaces, and (3) an unknown attribute replaces each
letter with a "?" (this can happen when talking to an older rsync).
The attribute that is associated with each letter is as follows:
A c means either that a regular file has a different checksum (requires --checksum) or that a symlink, device, or special file has a
changed value. Note that if you are sending files to an rsync prior to
3.0.1, this change flag will be present only for checksum-differing regular files.
A s means the size of a regular file is different and will be updated by the file transfer.
A t means the modification time is different and is being updated to the sender’s value (requires --times). An alternate value of T
means that the modification time will be set to the transfer time,
which happens when a file/symlink/device is updated without --times
and when a symlink is changed and the receiver can’t set its time.
(Note: when using an rsync 3.0.0 client, you might see the s flag
combined with t instead of the proper T flag for this time-setting
failure.)
A p means the permissions are different and are being updated to the sender’s value (requires --perms).
An o means the owner is different and is being updated to the sender’s value (requires --owner and super-user privileges).
A g means the group is different and is being updated to the sender’s value (requires --group and the authority to set the group).
The u slot is reserved for future use.
The a means that the ACL information changed.
The x means that the extended attribute information changed.
One other output is possible: when deleting files, the "%i" will
output the string "*deleting" for each item that is being removed
(assuming that you are talking to a recent enough rsync that it logs
deletions instead of outputting them as a verbose message).
Some time back, I needed to understand the rsync output for a script that I was writing. During the process of writing that script I googled around and came to what #mit had written above. I used that information, as well as documentation from other sources, to create my own primer on the bit flags and how to get rsync to output bit flags for all actions (it does not do this by default).
I am posting that information here in hopes that it helps others who (like me) stumble up on this page via search and need a better explanation of rsync.
With the combination of the --itemize-changes flag and the -vvv flag, rsync gives us detailed output of all file system changes that were identified in the source directory when compared to the target directory. The bit flags produced by rsync can then be decoded to determine what changed. To decode each bit's meaning, use the following table.
Explanation of each bit position and value in rsync's output:
YXcstpoguax path/to/file
|||||||||||
||||||||||╰- x: The extended attribute information changed
|||||||||╰-- a: The ACL information changed
||||||||╰--- u: The u slot is reserved for future use
|||||||╰---- g: Group is different
||||||╰----- o: Owner is different
|||||╰------ p: Permission are different
||||╰------- t: Modification time is different
|||╰-------- s: Size is different
||╰--------- c: Different checksum (for regular files), or
|| changed value (for symlinks, devices, and special files)
|╰---------- the file type:
| f: for a file,
| d: for a directory,
| L: for a symlink,
| D: for a device,
| S: for a special file (e.g. named sockets and fifos)
╰----------- the type of update being done::
<: file is being transferred to the remote host (sent)
>: file is being transferred to the local host (received)
c: local change/creation for the item, such as:
- the creation of a directory
- the changing of a symlink,
- etc.
h: the item is a hard link to another item (requires
--hard-links).
.: the item is not being updated (though it might have
attributes that are being modified)
*: means that the rest of the itemized-output area contains
a message (e.g. "deleting")
Some example output from rsync for various scenarios:
>f+++++++++ some/dir/new-file.txt
.f....og..x some/dir/existing-file-with-changed-owner-and-group.txt
.f........x some/dir/existing-file-with-changed-unnamed-attribute.txt
>f...p....x some/dir/existing-file-with-changed-permissions.txt
>f..t..g..x some/dir/existing-file-with-changed-time-and-group.txt
>f.s......x some/dir/existing-file-with-changed-size.txt
>f.st.....x some/dir/existing-file-with-changed-size-and-time-stamp.txt
cd+++++++++ some/dir/new-directory/
.d....og... some/dir/existing-directory-with-changed-owner-and-group/
.d..t...... some/dir/existing-directory-with-different-time-stamp/
Capturing rsync's output (focused on the bit flags):
In my experimentation, both the --itemize-changes flag and the -vvv flag are needed to get rsync to output an entry for all file system changes. Without the triple verbose (-vvv) flag, I was not seeing directory, link and device changes listed. It is worth experimenting with your version of rsync to make sure that it is observing and noting all that you expected.
One handy use of this technique is to add the --dry-run flag to the command and collect the change list, as determined by rsync, into a variable (without making any changes) so you can do some processing on the list yourself. Something like the following would capture the output in a variable:
file_system_changes=$(rsync --archive --acls --xattrs \
--checksum --dry-run \
--itemize-changes -vvv \
"/some/source-path/" \
"/some/destination-path/" \
| grep -E '^(\.|>|<|c|h|\*).......... .')
In the example above, the (stdout) output from rsync is redirected to grep (via stdin) so we can isolate only the lines that contain bit flags.
Processing the captured output:
The contents of the variable can then be logged for later use or immediately iterated over for items of interest. I use this exact tactic in the script I wrote during researching more about rsync. You can look at the script (https://github.com/jmmitchell/movestough) for examples of post-processing the captured output to isolate new files, duplicate files (same name, same contents), file collisions (same name, different contents), as well as the changes in subdirectory structures.
1.) It will "restart the sync", but it will not transfer files that are the same size and timestamp etc. It first builds up a list of files to transfer and during this stage it will see that it has already transferred some files and will skip them. You should tell rsync to preserve the timestamps etc. (e.g. using rsync -a ...)
While rsync is transferring a file, it will call it something like .filename.XYZABC instead of filename. Then when it has finished transferring that file it will rename it. So, if you kill rsync while it is transferring a large file, you will have to use the --partial option to continue the transfer instead of starting from scratch.
2.) I don't know what that is. Can you paste some examples?
EDIT: As per http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1342171 those codes are defined in the rsync man page in section for the the -i, --itemize-changes option.
Fixed part if my answer based on Joao's