[rdiff-backup-users] Re: Why using --force while restoring is dangerous?

2011-02-09 Thread Robert Nichols
On 02/09/2011 07:32 AM, Dominic Raferd wrote: My reading is that using --force on a restore will overwrite existing files with the same name - so you may lose previous data at the restore destination. In general if you are restoring a directory (or a complete repository) it is logical to use a

Re: [rdiff-backup-users] Re: Why using --force while restoring is dangerous?

2011-02-09 Thread Dominic Raferd
On 09/02/2011 14:48, Robert Nichols wrote: On 02/09/2011 07:32 AM, Dominic Raferd wrote: My reading is that using --force on a restore will overwrite existing files with the same name - so you may lose previous data at the restore destination. In general if you are restoring a directory (or a