Thanks Craig, Why is restore inherently that much more complicated than dump? It seems like config.pl already has a number of parameters built-in for both including rsync args and pre/post restore commands.
Conceptually, I would think that what one needs to specify each time is: 1. Host 2. Backup number 3. Share 4. Additional includes/excludes to determine what to restore 5. Option to "delete" files no longer found 6. Path to root of restore. Otherwise, existing includes/excludes would be assumed... I'm sure one could make it more complicated but am I missing something basic??? The reality is that rsync + backuppc is really awesome... and I can do (and automate) so much more with CLI and scripts than with a CGI. Jeff Craig Barratt via BackupPC-users wrote at about 09:32:48 -0700 on Wednesday, May 20, 2020: > Jeff, > > BackupPC_restore takes quite a few parameters, so many years ago I decided > to pass those parameters via a file rather than command-line arguments. > Probably a bad choice... > > There are two alternatives: > > - write a script that creates the restore request parameter file (see > lib/BackupPC/CGI/Restore.pm) and then runs BackupPC_restore > - directly run rsync_bpc using an example of the many arguments from a > successful restore log file > > The drawback of the 2nd approach is that information about the restore > isn't saved or logged, and you have to make sure it doesn't run > concurrently with a backup. > > Craig > > > On Wed, May 20, 2020 at 6:31 AM <backu...@kosowsky.org> wrote: > > > > > Is it possible to do an rsync restore from the command line using > > BackupPC_restore? > > If so, it's not clear from the (limited) documentation how to use > > it. For example, how do you specify the desired backup number, share, > > paths, etc. > > > > Alternatively, is there an rsync analog of BackupPC_tarCreate? > > > > Said another way, rather than first creating a tar file via > > BackupPC_tarCreate and then untarring (or piping through tar), is > > there a way to hook directly into rsync to restore from the command line? > > > > This would have several advantages: > > 1. It would automatically incorporate the ssh and compression features > > to restore seamlessly, efficiently, and securely across platforms > > > > 2. It would allow for restoring special file types that tar doesn't > > support > > > > 3. It would be able to better and more exactly mirror the parameters > > given to Rsync dump (for example the same format of 'includes' and > > 'excludes' > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > BackupPC-users mailing list > > BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net > > List: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users > > Wiki: http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net > > Project: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/ > > > _______________________________________________ > BackupPC-users mailing list > BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net > List: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users > Wiki: http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net > Project: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/ _______________________________________________ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net List: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki: http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net Project: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/
