Re: [rdiff-backup-users] Newbie question: Restore target already exists

[Ben Escoto]

>>>>> "SB" == Sherrard Burton <address@hidden>
>>>>> wrote the following on 03 Mar 2003 10:59:59 -0500

  SB> Is there a way to force a restore into a directory, or down a
  SB> set of directories that already exist?

Yes, you can specify --force, but then anything in that directory that
isn't present in the restore will be deleted.  It sounds to me like
you want some kind of --no-delete option which prevents this.
Unfortunately there is no such option.  However, you can run:

  SB> rdiff-backup -r 1D --include '/tmp/restore/u/jdoe/Maildir/new/'
  SB> --exclude '**' /u-backup/ /tmp/restore/

Then:

cp /tmp/restore/u/jdoe/Maildir/new/* /u/jdoe/Maildir/new/

then something like:

  SB> rdiff-backup -r 2D --include '/tmp/restore/u/jdoe/Maildir/new/'
  SB> --exclude '**' /u-backup/ /tmp/restore/

but with force, and then:

cp /tmp/restore/u/jdoe/Maildir/new/* /u/jdoe/Maildir/new/

again, etc.

BTW, your restore options seem strange, maybe just type:

rdiff-backup -r 2D /u-backup/u/jdoe/Maildir/new /tmp/restore

or something like that.


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Ben Escoto

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