Re: [rdiff-backup-users] Problem restoring to directory with existing files.

[Warren Guy]

Jeremy Polen wrote:
> I tried and succeeded to restore files into a directory that already had 
> the backed up files and newer files that I had added since the last 
> backup. When I restored, it wiped out all my other files. Is this the 
> default behavior of rdiff-backup? And if it is, is there a way to change 
> it that it doesn't wipe out files that lay outside of the backup 
> set/mirror?

The restore process restores the destination directory to its last 
backed up state, so this sounds like expected behaviour. I think it is 
generally accepted best practice to restore your backup to a different 
location on disk, and then moving it in to place, retaining a copy of 
the existing directory you are restoring. This way you remove the risk 
of accidentally overwriting/deleting files unexpectedly during restore. 
There has been some discussion on the list recently about this and other 
similar "gotchas", so it may be worth checking out the archives.

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Warren Guy
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