Hello !
i did try to restore a single file the following way:
rdiff-backup -r 2D -v9 ./rdiff-backup-repo/path/file /tmp/restore
and it looks like this:
Sat May 13 14:49:16 2006 Starting restore of rdiff-backup-repo/path/file to
/tmp/restore as it was as of Thu May 11 14:49:16 2006.
Sat May 13 14:49:24 2006 Processing changed file .
Sat May 13 14:49:24 2006 Regular copying () to /tmp/rdiff-backup.tmp.1
Sat May 13 14:49:24 2006 Writing file object to /tmp/rdiff-backup.tmp.1
Sat May 13 14:49:24 2006 Copying attributes from () to /tmp/rdiff-backup.tmp.1
Sat May 13 14:49:24 2006 Setting time of /tmp/rdiff-backup.tmp.1 to 1144103268
Sat May 13 14:49:24 2006 Removing directory /tmp/restore
<-- !?!?!
Sat May 13 14:49:24 2006 Renaming /tmp/rdiff-backup.tmp.1 to /tmp/restore
Sat May 13 14:49:24 2006 Restore finished
Sat May 13 14:49:24 2006 Cleaning up
after this, silently and without a notice (when leaving out -v9), rdiff-backup
has turned /tmp/restore from a directory into a file - the restored one.
i searched this list and found some references about users who seem to have
lost some data on restore (can provide a list of links if you like). i also did
a posting that i killed my whole rdiff-repository because i probably used
"--force" a little bit too uncautiously.
the "Removing directory /tmp/restore" in the debug output really looks somewhat
problematic for me and this _may_ be an underestimated issue.
rdiff-backup (and any other backup utility) shouldn`t do this on restore, imho.
(it`s like if i did "cp /etc/hosts /tmp" and then /tmp being turned into a file
after this)
i think dealing with this a little bit more securely could prevent some user
errors.
comments ?
regards
roland
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