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

[Martin Fisher]

Eric

Thanks again, and this is clear now. Hopefully I will soon have the
chance to try it out.

Martin

On Wed, 2007-12-19 at 11:56 -0500, Eric Jensen wrote:
> 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?
> >
> 
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