On Thu, Jan 24, 2008 at 08:32:52AM -0700, Lance W. Haverkamp wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I have backed-up a user home directory over time.  I now need to restore 
> one (corrupted) subdirectory to the way it was a few days ago.
> 
> All the include/exclude instructions I can find only pertain to backup, 
> not restore.  Isn't there a way to restore one small subdirectory 
> with-out rolling-back the entire system three days?
> 
> Would this this ONLY restore the subdirectory called .spamato?
> 
> rdiff-backup -r 3D --include /home/lance/.spamato /mnt/backup/lance 
> /home/lance
> 

hi, something like this usually works for me:

 rdiff-backup -r 3D /mnt/backup/lance/.spamato /home/lance/.spamato

best,

chuck


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