Hi Martin,
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!).
You need to shift the time back just a little farther, to a time
*before* that time stamp. Why? Well, the reason that those files
were moved into the incrementals directory at that time is that that
was the first time that rdiff-backup noticed that they were *not*
present in the source directory any more. Thus, requesting a restore
to the state at that time is requesting a restore to the state
*without* those files present. If you go back just a little farther
in time, then you're back into the time frame when they *did* exist
in the source directory, so they should get restored - that is, if
I'm understanding all of this correctly.
Best,
Eric
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