> > You asked it to restore the directory "."; tar just does as you > instructed (btw, it's tar, not amanda!). > If you asked it to restore the files/dirs "*", then it would just > overwrite the files (and directories). Paul, just to be precise, when I selected the files to be backed up, I issued an "add *" command. Since the * symbol doesn�t select any file beginning with an ".", I didn�t selected the "." directory! And if the "*" of amrecover includes files begining with a dot, it shouldn�t because it isn�t the standard!
Also, was amanda that called tar this way, so I think it�s amanda�s fault. See, i couldn�t specify in any place what would be the tar options I wanted. I haven�t backed up this machine and i lost some valuable scripts - damn it! If amanda is a backup tool it shouldn�t act as a "destruction" tool any time! I think what happened to me can happen with anyone and this is a big risk, don�t you think? I sincerely think that amanda�s developers must find a way completely avoid this risk. It�s so disappointing, when i was testing the backup tool, the backup tool itself created the necessity of a backup to protect my machine from it... bruno. > > > On the amrecover manual there isn�t a warning like "DANGER: THE > > RESTORING PROCESS CAN ALSO DELETE ALL YOU FILES..." > > Only the ones that you asked :-) > But you have them on backup, haven't you? > > -- > Paul > > > >
