Comment on PSA: Don't use nextcloud's auto upload on the android app as a backup

hexagonwin@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

• confusedpuppy@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  I do something similar using only rsync. I’ve had nothing but headaches whenever I used automated file syncing programs. The bare bones aspect of just using rsync has made it a much more consistent experience.

  I found using automated file syncing programs have too much complexity under the hood that just seems to lead to more time troubleshooting issues.

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  • VeganBtw@piefed.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    Do you have any need to backup things on a mobile phone? What do you use if so? I’m trying to make everything simpler and I already use rsync on my desktop.

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    • confusedpuppy@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      There’s a few things I backup from my phone.

      • Music downloaded from Seeker
      • Youtube audio downloaded from YTDLnis
      • Backups of Termux
      • Notes in plain text
      • Backups from certain apps that make their own backup data
      • Pictures that I have sorted and want to saved

      I have an Android phone so I use Termux as a terminal emulator. I use ssh and passwordless keys to make transfers simpler and quicker.

      Although this is closer to a backup process and not like SyncThing where it’s syncing a folder between two devices. I don’t believe rsync is capable of acting like SyncThing but I’m tempted to dig into rsync more and see if I can put something basic together one day.

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• mmmac@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  Hoping you hit it with Borg backup before uploading anywhere!

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  • hexagonwin@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    this is my first time hearing about borg, is there anything it does that can improve my current setup? from a quick look it seems like it creates its own backup file while rsync works with raw directory structure.

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    • mmmac@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      I mainly use it to deduplicate, and for version history. Rsync - >Borg - > rclone to backblaze b2 bucket

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