Re: [BackupPC-users] restore backuped files out of backuppc
2008-06-28 13:22:49
Holm Kapschitzki wrote:
> >>
>>> I copied the backuped files from /var/lib/backuppc/pc to another dir,
>>> setup a new backuppc and now i want to restore some files from the
>>> folder i copied the old files into. But they all have a "f" in front.
>>> Anyone knows how to restore the files?
>> Use the BackupPC web interface or the BackupPC command line tools.
>>
>
> Perhaps i have explained it not exactly. Normaly i use the webinterface
> or command line tools. But this are the files from an older nstallation
> of backuppc. They are not in /var/lib/backuppc/pc. The files have
> absolutly nothing to do with the new installation of my backuppc.
>
See BackupPC_Zcat here: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/faq/BackupPC.html
Or you could copy (or probably symlink) a tree from a different instance
under the current pc directory using a name that doesn't conflict, put
it in the hosts file and use the web interface or BackupPC_tarCreate to
restore them.
--
Les Mikesell
lesmikesell AT gmail DOT com
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