Make directory used as mount point read-only


 
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# 8  
Old 10-21-2014
If you are referring to drive being disconnected during backup, you can create something like this which will check if mountpoint is avalible every second, and if it is not it will kill the rsync proces.
Code:
set -x
mount | grep "/test" > /dev/null
if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
echo "your rsync goes here" & RPID=$!
else
echo "will not rsync, unable to find mountpoint"
fi
e=0
while [ $e -eq 0 ]
do
mount | grep "/test" > /dev/null
if [ $? -gt 0 ]; then
echo "Cannot see mountpoint!, will abort"
e=$(( $e + 1 ))
kill $RPID
sleep 1
fi
done

# 9  
Old 10-21-2014
You can create a directory on the mounted device e.g.
Code:
mkdir /mnt/mybackup/mybackup

And then run rsync in a way that it cannot create the target directory e.g.
Code:
rsync ... /mnt/mybackup/mybackup/.

The trailing /. disables creation of a missing mybackup.
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