G.W. Haywood wrote at about 15:54:36 +0100 on Thursday, October 1, 2026: > Hello again, > > On Wed, 30 Sep 2026, Emmett Culley wrote: > > > >> Then clicking on "Start Restore", then from the "Are you sure page", > > >> click on "Restore", only the selected files and the selected > > >> directory are restored.? No files or directories in the selected > > >> directory are restored. > > > > > > That's not what happens here ... > > > > > > I'm (still) not sure that this is actual 'intended' behaviour ... > > ... > > I will definitely look into it further. Especially as you seem to > > be saying that I cannot expect to be able to restore a directory. > > Not *quite* what I'm saying. I'm just saying that in the docs at > > https://backuppc.github.io/backuppc/BackupPC.html#BackupPC-Introduction > > the rsync transfer method is omitted from the (very short) list of > transfer methods which are said to be able to restore directly to the > client. It may just be an omission in the docs, but I wouldn't want > to bet against the docs without looking into it carefully. Back in > April the contributor who replied to you said that using the UI he was > able to restore the contents of a directory by marking the directory, > and he didn't have to mark the contents. A couple of days ago when I > tried it here that was my experience too. >
For me, I have found one of the best ways to restore directories is to use BackupPC fuse file system (found somewhere in the archives) to mount the backup on your BackupPC host, then use standard rsync to copy over and restore (using --delete carefully if appropriate). This is simple, transparent, and works every time for me. _______________________________________________ BackupPC-users mailing list [email protected] List: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki: https://github.com/backuppc/backuppc/wiki Project: https://backuppc.github.io/backuppc/
