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HELP Please
I tried using luckybackup and it work fine. Well i thoughtso, BUT it backed-up all my folders with no files in them. It ran for 1h40min and you can see the files being copied.
When checking the backup there was no files in the folders.
I then did it with a single big folder and it did the same
What went wrong ?????????

What does the log say, at ~/.luckybackup ?

Did you uncheck the "simulation"/trial run checkbox?

You got off "Lucky", with nothing in the folders...

I had two cases where Luckybackup was found to be deleting files !

I now use grsync which is in the Repositories.
Simple, and has not messed up yet !

entropyfoe wrote: Fri Oct 09, 2020 3:37 pm Luckybackup was found to be deleting files !

For "Backup Source inside Destination" the command option "Delete files on the destination" is enabled by default,
with LB throwing a warning/question during the setup of the task if that is the intended behaviour.
Are you sure you did not miss that?
Never had any problems with it.

I've never had a problem with Luckybackup as well.

I use it all the time to make a separate (2nd) backup of my Data disk to an external USB drive.

First I do a simulation run-through to ensure everything's ok, then I uncheck the simulation mode and run it for real.