[xubuntu-users] mousepad wiped out file content when font change tried

[Ralf Mardorf]

On Tue, 2014-07-15 at 03:08 +0000, Juan R. de Silva wrote:
> > buptrunk=/scratch/bup curdir=$(pwd | sed -e "s/.*\///")
> > bupdir=$buptrunk/$curdir now=$(date +%Y%m%d_%H_%M_%S)
> > src=../$curdir dst=$bupdir/${curdir}_$now
> > 
> > cp -Rp $src $dst
> 
> Thanks for the script. After the first experience of the kind I think I'd 
> better give it a try.

Ensure that you're using another and external drive for src. If not,
it's only a copy and not a backup by definition ;).