I'm doing some testing to learn how to utilise rdiff-backup. I'm hoping some one can help answer a few questions.
I have created two directories. One is a directory called root where I have created two files. I back those files up to a directory called backup. When I run "rdiff-backup -r now backup root" it tells me "Fatal Error: Restore target root already exists, specify --force to overwrite." If I add --force it continues to restore all the files. The problem is I don't need to restore all the files if some of the files haven't changed. I only want it to restore files that I have changed. Restoring even the files that haven't changed increases the time it takes to revert to an older backup. My goal is to be able rdiff-backup on a 'root partition' (root) and then restore the files from a backup in the event my system crashes during an apt-get upgrade. I am working with an already slow medium. I also know that rdiff-backup is not the fastest solution. It is probably the best solution though. I need to 'undo' changes relatively frequently too so this is of a great concern to me if it takes a long time to do a restore. _______________________________________________ rdiff-backup-users mailing list at [email protected] https://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/rdiff-backup-users Wiki URL: http://rdiff-backup.solutionsfirst.com.au/index.php/RdiffBackupWiki
