Re: Question about restore action without or with --force

[EricZolf]

Hi,

yes, this is why you need to force the restore, because it overwrites the 
target directory.

KR, Eric



On August 17, 2023 8:19:35 AM UTC, boiteacourriels <boiteacourriels@orange.fr> 
wrote:
>Hello list,
>I use rdiff-backup with debian 12 for my internal backups and locally on 
>another computer also on debian 12 with ssh.
>I use internally
>rdiff-backup -v5  --fsync --new backup --print-statistics --include-
>globbing-filelist $EXCLUDE $SOURCE $DESTINATION
>
>I use locally
>rdiff-backup -v5  --fsync --new backup --print-statistics --include-
>globbing-filelist $EXCLUDE folder to backup $USER@IP::/ backup folder
>
>It works perfectly.
>
>Unfortunately I encounter a problem when restoring locally.
>I use:
>rdiff-backup -v5  --fsync restore --at now $USER@P:://what I want to 
>restore where I want to restore.
>I have this message:
>rdiff-backup -v5  --fsync --new restore --at now /backup folder  /
>destination folder 
>* Run remote command ssh -C server rdiff-backup --terminal-verbosity 5 
>--server
>WARNING: this command line interface is obsolete and will disappear, 
>start using the new one as described with '--new --help'.
>* Starting the server
>* The API version is 200 with the command b'ssh -C server rdiff-backup 
>--terminal-verbosity 5 --server'
>ERROR: Target path/destination folder exists and is not empty, call with 
>'--force' to overwrite
>ERROR: Action restore failed when checking step
>* Cleaning
>* Cleaning
>If I use --force 
>rdiff-backup -v5  --fsync --new --force restore --at now /backup folder  
>/destination folder 
>This removes all folders and files present in the destination folder but 
>not present in the backup folder.
>The destination folder:
>- folder 1 present in the folder and restore
>- folder 1 present in the folder and restore
>- folder 3 empty not present in backup folder is deleted
>- folder 3  with file and folder  not present in backup folder are 
>deleted 
> i loss all file and folder create after the last backup 
>
>Why such a behavior?
>Would I make a mistake in my instructions.
>Please help me to use rdiff-backup correctly.
>Best regards.
>
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