Re: [BackupPC-users] Search for File

2011-09-28 Thread Bernd Rilling
Am Mittwoch, 28. September 2011 schrieb Gerald Brandt: > Hi, > > I need to search for a specific file on a host, via backuppc. Is there a > way to search a host backup, so I don't have to manually go through all > directories via the web interface? Maybe another solution: you can simply look at

Re: [BackupPC-users] Search for File

2011-09-28 Thread Tim Connors
On Wed, 28 Sep 2011, Timothy J Massey wrote: > Arnold Krille wrote on 09/28/2011 11:20:57 AM: > > > > I'm sure someone with more shell-fu will give you a much better > command > > > line (and I look forward to learning something!). > > > > Here you are: > > > > find -iname ... > > Using find yo

Re: [BackupPC-users] Backup of dual-boot laptop

2011-09-28 Thread Arnold Krille
On Wednesday 28 September 2011 18:59:38 Tim Fletcher wrote: > On Wed, 2011-09-28 at 17:30 +0200, Dan Johansson wrote: > > I have a laptop that is dual-boot (Linux and WinXP) and gets the same IP > > from DHCP in both OS's. Today I have two entries in BackupPC for this > > laptop (hostname_lnx and h

Re: [BackupPC-users] Search for File

2011-09-28 Thread Arnold Krille
On Wednesday 28 September 2011 17:23:17 Timothy J Massey wrote: > Arnold Krille wrote on 09/28/2011 11:20:57 AM: > > Using find you will realize that its rather slow and has your disk > rattling > > away. Better to use the indexing services, for example locate: > > > > locate > > Yeah, that's g

Re: [BackupPC-users] Backup of dual-boot laptop

2011-09-28 Thread Tim Fletcher
On Wed, 2011-09-28 at 17:30 +0200, Dan Johansson wrote: > I have a laptop that is dual-boot (Linux and WinXP) and gets the same IP from > DHCP in both OS's. Today I have two entries in BackupPC for this laptop > (hostname_lnx and hostname_win) with different backup methods for each (rsync > over

Re: [BackupPC-users] Backup of dual-boot laptop

2011-09-28 Thread Michael Stowe
> I have a laptop that is dual-boot (Linux and WinXP) and gets the same IP > from > DHCP in both OS's. Today I have two entries in BackupPC for this laptop > (hostname_lnx and hostname_win) with different backup methods for each > (rsync > over ssh for Linux and SMB for WinXP). This works good for

[BackupPC-users] Backup of dual-boot laptop

2011-09-28 Thread Dan Johansson
I have a laptop that is dual-boot (Linux and WinXP) and gets the same IP from DHCP in both OS's. Today I have two entries in BackupPC for this laptop (hostname_lnx and hostname_win) with different backup methods for each (rsync over ssh for Linux and SMB for WinXP). This works good for me with o

Re: [BackupPC-users] Search for File

2011-09-28 Thread Timothy J Massey
Arnold Krille wrote on 09/28/2011 11:20:57 AM: > > I'm sure someone with more shell-fu will give you a much better command > > line (and I look forward to learning something!). > > Here you are: > > find -iname Now I remember why I stick with the grep form: remembering the different synta

Re: [BackupPC-users] Search for File

2011-09-28 Thread Arnold Krille
On Wednesday 28 September 2011 16:30:18 Timothy J Massey wrote: > Gerald Brandt wrote on 09/28/2011 10:15:12 AM: > > I need to search for a specific file on a host, via backuppc. Is > > there a way to search a host backup, so I don't have to manually go > > through all directories via the web int

Re: [BackupPC-users] Search for File

2011-09-28 Thread Steve
Don't know if it's faster than your way or not, but I've used: find -type f -name "*thing_i_want" note you can use wildcards... a. On Wed, Sep 28, 2011 at 10:52 AM, Gerald Brandt wrote: > > Hi Tim, > > That's basically what I did, but I have a couple of BackupPC users that have > no clue about

Re: [BackupPC-users] Search for File

2011-09-28 Thread Gerald Brandt
Hi Tim, That's basically what I did, but I have a couple of BackupPC users that have no clue about command line stuff, so I was hoping for a BackupPC web based solution. Gerald - Original Message - > From: "Timothy J Massey" > To: "General list for user discussion, questions and s

Re: [BackupPC-users] Search for File

2011-09-28 Thread Timothy J Massey
Gerald Brandt wrote on 09/28/2011 10:15:12 AM: > I need to search for a specific file on a host, via backuppc. Is > there a way to search a host backup, so I don't have to manually go > through all directories via the web interface? The easiest, most direct way of doing that would be: cd /pa

[BackupPC-users] Search for File

2011-09-28 Thread Gerald Brandt
Hi, I need to search for a specific file on a host, via backuppc. Is there a way to search a host backup, so I don't have to manually go through all directories via the web interface? Gerald -- All the data continuous