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Re: [Duplicity-talk] restoring single directory from full backup
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Ben Escoto |
Subject: |
Re: [Duplicity-talk] restoring single directory from full backup |
Date: |
Fri, 26 Sep 2003 09:54:26 -0700 |
On Fri, 26 Sep 2003 15:18:50 +0200
"til" <address@hidden> wrote:
> i made a complete backup of my virtual server using duplicity. i read the
> man page but didn't really understand, how i can restore a single directory
> from the full backup, if thats possible at all.
>
> if i use the syntax how i understood it, duplicity starts to restore the
> full backup to that path but not the single directory...
>
> any hints ?
>
> Command Line for full backup:
>
> duplicity --exclude /proc --exclude /tmp --exclude /mnt --exclude /dev /
> scp://address@hidden/mybackup
>
> restore deleted test directory:
> duplicity scp://address@hidden/mybackup /root/backuptest
Try --file-to-restore. So if you want to restore /usr/bin, then:
duplicity --file-to-restore usr/bin scp://address@hidden/mybackup
/root/backuptest
Perhaps this should be given a short name (like -r) to make it more
visible.
--
Ben Escoto
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