Hi, yes, this is why you need to force the restore, because it overwrites the target directory.
KR, Eric On August 17, 2023 8:19:35 AM UTC, boiteacourriels <boiteacourri...@orange.fr> wrote: >Hello list, >I use rdiff-backup with debian 12 for my internal backups and locally on >another computer also on debian 12 with ssh. >I use internally >rdiff-backup -v5 --fsync --new backup --print-statistics --include- >globbing-filelist $EXCLUDE $SOURCE $DESTINATION > >I use locally >rdiff-backup -v5 --fsync --new backup --print-statistics --include- >globbing-filelist $EXCLUDE folder to backup $USER@IP::/ backup folder > >It works perfectly. > >Unfortunately I encounter a problem when restoring locally. >I use: >rdiff-backup -v5 --fsync restore --at now $USER@P:://what I want to >restore where I want to restore. >I have this message: >rdiff-backup -v5 --fsync --new restore --at now /backup folder / >destination folder >* Run remote command ssh -C server rdiff-backup --terminal-verbosity 5 >--server >WARNING: this command line interface is obsolete and will disappear, >start using the new one as described with '--new --help'. >* Starting the server >* The API version is 200 with the command b'ssh -C server rdiff-backup >--terminal-verbosity 5 --server' >ERROR: Target path/destination folder exists and is not empty, call with >'--force' to overwrite >ERROR: Action restore failed when checking step >* Cleaning >* Cleaning >If I use --force >rdiff-backup -v5 --fsync --new --force restore --at now /backup folder >/destination folder >This removes all folders and files present in the destination folder but >not present in the backup folder. >The destination folder: >- folder 1 present in the folder and restore >- folder 1 present in the folder and restore >- folder 3 empty not present in backup folder is deleted >- folder 3 with file and folder not present in backup folder are >deleted > i loss all file and folder create after the last backup > >Why such a behavior? >Would I make a mistake in my instructions. >Please help me to use rdiff-backup correctly. >Best regards. > > > >
