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This is the correct solution for unattended file copy/sync, 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 orchestration system with systemd .path/.mount/.timer/.service units, logging and monitoring around this, once you understand your exact needs and get it working, it works.

This is the correct solution for unattended file copy/sync, 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 orchestration system with systemd .path/.mount/.timer/.service units, logging and monitoring around this, once you get it working, it works.

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.