Re: [rdiff-backup-users] Where did the restored folder go to?

[Eric Jensen]

Hello again,

To answer both of your questions, and add an extra level of paranoia  
about backups :-), I would do the restores as you suggest, but  
restore into a completely different directory.  Then if all goes  
well, you can just copy those files over into your home directory;  
and if it doesn't, you haven't messed up anything.

But if you're less paranoid, you should be able to simply do your  
second example there, on top of your existing files, and it should  
work fine.  Actually, you could do both and compare the two just to  
make sure.

Eric

On Dec 19, 2007, at 11:38 AM, Martin Fisher wrote:

> G'day again Eric
>
> Thank you, and I believe I have a greater understanding now. Therefore
> when my laptop is repaired, I can, as I understand it, attach the usb
> drive that has my backup and use, for example,
>
> rdiff-backup -r
> now /media/ext32backup/home/martin/Documents /home/martin/Documents
>
> where the first path is the backup and the latter is the destination.
>
> Correct?
>
> As I have four folders in /home/martin that are being backed up and  
> must
> be restored (Desktop, Documents, Pictures, Music) perhaps I could  
> simply
> do
>
> rdiff-backup -r now /media/ext32backup/home/martin /home/martin
>
> Yes?
>
> Finally a subsidiary question. The repaired laptop will already have
> some of the files that I am going to restore, but not all. I could  
> clean
> out my home folder before doing restore, or I could do the restore on
> top of what is already there. Would it make a difference?