This is the correct solution for unattended file copy, plug the external drive and wait till the copy finishes. The only difficulty is monitoring progress/completion/failure if that’s on a headless machine. I built a basic system with systemd .path/.mount/.timer/.service units, logging and monitoring around this, once you get it working, it works.
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lch361@discuss.tchncs.de 3 weeks ago
So when I plug it in it copies/syncs the things on my computer, anyone knows somethign like that?
So you want to sync files from a drive whenever you plug it in to the computer? Sounds like a udev + rsync solution. Udev mounts the drive and runs rsync.
vegetaaaaaaa@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Nickelalloy@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Great, this I will check out!