Hi Everyone - Am new to the list and rdiff-backup (am a new duplicity user, as of a couple months ago too).
Anyhow - I have been, up to this point, just running a custom bash script that uses rsync and the "--link-dest" option to create daily and weekly backups ... the result is, I have a lot of folders like: daily-0, daily-1, daily-2, and weekly-0, weekly-1, weekly-2 ... etc, which keep my backups alive and well ... the hard linking lets me keep those weekly snapshots for a long time and, if I was ever missing a file, I could always browse around my archives until I found around when it was I thought I deleted it (or had at least seen it last). It's not the best system, but has been working for me -- recently, however, I started learning python and wanted to re-create/improve my script ... but then, of course, I figured someone else probably had already done what I was doing (and done it better) so I set about searching ... and found rdiff-backup in no short order ... Which is where I am today -- playing around and testing it out and the question I have is: What is the best way to "go looking for lost files" with rdiff-backup ? That is, if I backup a file, then delete the file, then unknown quantities of time pass (all the while running nightly backups), is there an easy way to find the file I deleted X number of days ago? Especially if I am not one hundred percent sure of its name and/or location ? Right now, I can say: well, I remember using it six weeks ago, browse my /backups/weekly-6/ folder and search around for the missing file haphazardly until I come across it ... this relies on my memory and my mouse/file broswer ... and its not a great system, but when I've needed it it eventually works ... are there any easy tools/ways to find files that I know I once had but now have deleted in rdiff-backup ? Any thoughts are greatly appreciated - thanks! Thanks, Damon _______________________________________________ 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
