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Date: Mon, 29 Nov 2021 23:25:53 UTC
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-------- Original Message --------
On Nov 29, 2021, 16:33, Ronald F. Guilmette wrote:

> I have a shell script that uses rsync to make backups of all of the
> several partitions on my main drive to a second removable drive.
> The script goes one-by-one through the partitions, mounting each
> corresponding backup partition in turn, running rsync, and then
> umount'ing that backup partition.
>
> Mostly this script works well, but every so often, seemingly at random, the
> mount command for one or more of the backup partitions fails for no apparently
> good reason, and I get the message "mount: Operation not permitted". If I
> retry the same thing a little later it invariably works.
>
> What am I doing wrong and how can I fix it?