On 11/7/26 7:06 AM, G.W. Haywood wrote:
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
I updated the README to "A lightweight Bash wrapper around BackupPC_ls
for BackupPC v4"
to make it clear it's just a wrapper of BackupPC_ls
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.
I added the repository link it to the wiki under the "Extensions and
Scripts" section
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