Eric Thanks, and we are converging on a solution, I think. But for your further thoughts when you have a moment:
This rdiff-backup -r 1D '/media/ext3backup/rdiff-backup/home/martin/Documents/Oryx/42(1)/Harris 2007_48 [frmtd]/' '/home/martin/Documents/Oryx/42(1)/Harris 2007_48 [frmtd]/' ran without protest but did not restore anything (either folder or files), which perhaps suggests there is nothing to restore? Or perhaps 1D means exactly what it says (i.e. 24 hours previously). Copying the date & time directly from the .gz increment file of one of the four files, I tried this rdiff-backup -r 2007-12-18T17:00:03-03:00 '/media/ext3backup/rdiff-backup/home/martin/Documents/Oryx/42(1)/Harris 2007_48 [frmtd]/' '/home/martin/Documents/Oryx/42(1)/Harris 2007_48 [frmtd]/' which, as I understand it, is requesting a restore of this folder from the time in question. Again, ran without protest but did nothing (and the four files are definitely in there!). Yours, Martin On Wed, 2007-12-19 at 13:45 -0500, Eric Jensen wrote: > Martin, > > I think we're converging on the solution here, and I'm firming up my > understanding of the subtleties of rdiff-backup in the process. > > > This gets more interesting, at least for me. I ran > > > > rdiff-backup -r 1D > > '/media/ext3backup/rdiff-backup/rdiff-backup-data/increments/ > > Documents/Oryx/42(1)/Harris 2007_48 [frmtd]/' '/home/martin/ > > Documents/Oryx/42(1)/Harris 2007_48 [frmtd]/' > > > > Try this, but omit from the first path the part 'rdiff-backup-data/ > increments/' . In other words, try this: > > rdiff-backup -r 1D '/media/ext3backup/rdiff-backup/Documents/Oryx/42 > (1)/Harris 2007_48 [frmtd]/' '/home/martin/Documents/Oryx/42(1)/ > Harris 2007_48 [frmtd]/' > > In other words, specify the source path name for the folder *as if it > were still present in the main level of the backup* (even though it's > not). rdiff-backup should then know what folder you're referring to, > and retrieve it from the appropriate increments subdirectory without > you having to find it. > > (My above line may not be quite correct depending on what your source > directory for the backup is, i.e. I don't know if 'Documents' is at > the top level of your backup dir, or if it's maybe 'home' [with > martin/Documents as a subdir], but hopefully you get the idea - > you're telling rdiff-backup where the file used to live in the backup > hierarchy.) > > Good luck, > > Eric > > > > _______________________________________________ > rdiff-backup-users mailing list at [email protected] > http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/rdiff-backup-users > Wiki URL: http://rdiff-backup.solutionsfirst.com.au/index.php/RdiffBackupWiki > � -- Dr Martin Fisher Editor, Oryx - The International Journal of Conservation Fauna & Flora International, 4th Floor, Jupiter House Station Road, Cambridge, CB1 2JD, UK e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] tel +44 (0)20 81238513 skype martin_pescador Oryx online http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayJournal?jid=ORX Instructions for Contributors http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayMoreInfo?jid=ORX&type=ifc Online submissions http://www.epress.ac.uk/oryx/webforms/author.php Personal subscriptions http://www.fauna-flora.org/membership.php _______________________________________________ rdiff-backup-users mailing list at [email protected] http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/rdiff-backup-users Wiki URL: http://rdiff-backup.solutionsfirst.com.au/index.php/RdiffBackupWiki
