An almost perfect rsync over SSH backup script

Re:An almost perfect rsync over SSH backup script by mekster on Saturday February 26, 2022 @07:37PM (#30483913)

> There are cases where you don't want -e enabled, such as when you want to make sure your script makes the best attempt to continue operating even through unknown failures.

You don't let go of -e for that.

  dont_mind_failure || true
  important_process

add 'true' specifically if you must.

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Re:An almost perfect rsync over SSH backup script by 0xbadcafebee on Wednesday March 02, 2022 @10:15AM (#30528260)

There are scripts where you don't want any failure to kill the script. You would have to wrap nearly every line in that kind of exception handling, and if you miss one, the script fails. It is much simpler to omit -e in that case

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