[Evolution] Advice on backup method

[Chas IRONS <ironscf telkomsa net>]

Good day all

As a retired end user of Ubuntu Linux since 2005 I cannot get an easy/simple backup method to work. Would File Manager copy to a flsh drive and restore a damaged file safely? I have never needed to recover but it may happen.

I have used the Backup front end for deja-dup each month-end many times but this time it would not switch to a new flash drive. The Software Centre also had many bad comments. So I installed Back in Time with its recommended default settings but it failed with many pages of errors about Evolution files. My Evolution folders have 65MB of history about banking, medical,tax and investment transactions that I must keep.

The first few errors in the log below were followed by 10 pages of Evolution errors: Please advise me!
[E] Error: rsync: symlink "/media/chas/BCA6-796F/backintime/Charles-PC/chas/1/new_snapshot/backup/home/chas/.config/opera/SingletonCookie" -> "11075476278167463458" failed: Operation not permitted (1)
[E] Error: rsync: symlink "/media/chas/BCA6-796F/backintime/Charles-PC/chas/1/new_snapshot/backup/home/chas/.config/opera/SingletonLock" -> "Charles-PC-3224" failed: Operation not permitted (1)
[E] Error: rsync: symlink "/media/chas/BCA6-796F/backintime/Charles-PC/chas/1/new_snapshot/backup/home/chas/.config/opera/SingletonSocket" -> "/tmp/.org.chromium.Chromium.y4TlhJ/SingletonSocket" failed: Operation not permitted (1)
[E] Error: rsync: symlink "/media/chas/BCA6-796F/backintime/Charles-PC/chas/1/new_snapshot/backup/home/chas/.config/pulse/1b13e7b811a0e3d43e110330544bc30b-runtime" -> "/tmp/pulse-PKdhtXMmr18n" failed: Operation not permitted (1)
[E] Error: rsync: mkstemp "/media/chas/BCA6-796F/backintime/Charles-PC/chas/1/new_snapshot/backup/home/chas/.config/evolution/addressbook/views/.current_view-file:___home_chas_ local_share_evolution_addressbook_local_1148126609 11372 6 ubuntu xml nXKWlY" failed: Invalid argument (22)

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