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

[Martin Fisher]

Eric

Thanks, and we are converging on a solution, I think. But for your
further thoughts when you have a moment: 

This

rdiff-backup -r 1D
'/media/ext3backup/rdiff-backup/home/martin/Documents/Oryx/42(1)/Harris
2007_48 [frmtd]/' '/home/martin/Documents/Oryx/42(1)/Harris 2007_48
[frmtd]/'

ran without protest but did not restore anything (either folder or
files), which perhaps suggests there is nothing to restore? Or perhaps
1D means exactly what it says (i.e. 24 hours previously). Copying the
date & time directly from the .gz increment file of one of the four
files, I tried this

rdiff-backup -r 2007-12-18T17:00:03-03:00
'/media/ext3backup/rdiff-backup/home/martin/Documents/Oryx/42(1)/Harris
2007_48 [frmtd]/' '/home/martin/Documents/Oryx/42(1)/Harris 2007_48
[frmtd]/'

which, as I understand it, is requesting a restore of this folder from
the time in question. Again, ran without protest but did nothing (and
the four files are definitely in there!).

Yours, Martin


On Wed, 2007-12-19 at 13:45 -0500, Eric Jensen wrote:
> Martin,
> 
> I think we're converging on the solution here, and I'm firming up my  
> understanding of the subtleties of rdiff-backup in the process.
> 
> > This gets more interesting, at least for me. I ran
> >
> > rdiff-backup -r 1D
> > '/media/ext3backup/rdiff-backup/rdiff-backup-data/increments/ 
> > Documents/Oryx/42(1)/Harris 2007_48 [frmtd]/' '/home/martin/ 
> > Documents/Oryx/42(1)/Harris 2007_48 [frmtd]/'
> >
> 
> Try this, but omit from the first path the part 'rdiff-backup-data/ 
> increments/' .   In other words, try this:
> 
> rdiff-backup -r 1D '/media/ext3backup/rdiff-backup/Documents/Oryx/42 
> (1)/Harris 2007_48 [frmtd]/' '/home/martin/Documents/Oryx/42(1)/ 
> Harris 2007_48 [frmtd]/'
> 
> In other words, specify the source path name for the folder *as if it  
> were still present in the main level of the backup* (even though it's  
> not).  rdiff-backup should then know what folder you're referring to,  
> and retrieve it from the appropriate increments subdirectory without  
> you having to find it.
> 
> (My above line may not be quite correct depending on what your source  
> directory for the backup is, i.e. I don't know if 'Documents' is at  
> the top level of your backup dir, or if it's maybe 'home' [with  
> martin/Documents as a subdir], but hopefully you get the idea -  
> you're telling rdiff-backup where the file used to live in the backup  
> hierarchy.)
> 
> Good luck,
> 
> Eric
> 
> 
> 
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