Hi there, On Sat, 7 Nov 2026, Bill Fahrenkrug wrote:
I have been using BackupPC for 10+ years and have gone though many workstations. I don't restore all of my documents or other files to my new workstation, I normally want to start with a clean slate. But sometimes I need to find that one file I should have. Using the the web interface and clicking through all the different folders looking for a file was painful to say the least.
Agreed the Web interface isn't great for doing this sort of thing. :/
I searched the list many times and didn't find a good solution.
Doesn't the BackupPC_ls script help with what you need to do?
So I created a bash script to find files using regex pattern and thought I would share. It's on Git Hub. the README includes how to install and some examples. https://github.com/wfahren/BackupPC_find_file
It might be useful to contrast your script with BAckupPC_ls, and maybe put your script in the BackupPC Wiki: https://github.com/backuppc/backuppc/wiki That's probably the best place to collect itches that need a scratch. -- 73, Ged. _______________________________________________ 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/
