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| author | Steve Kemp <steve@steve.org.uk> | 2015-06-03 14:54:28 +0100 |
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| committer | Steve Kemp <steve@steve.org.uk> | 2015-06-03 14:54:28 +0100 |
| commit | 963ad5f8b1773881ab1f5a51702a99e931626786 (patch) | |
| tree | 129281e5ca52d77e185f7d6f9e270f1afc031fbb | |
| parent | b52a3f563b000f22ea5c903ceae0c3664be33c14 (diff) | |
Updated documentation on restoration.
| -rw-r--r-- | README.md | 15 |
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 5 deletions
@@ -115,13 +115,18 @@ user attribute list. To view this list on the server, run This command is part of the "attr" package in Debian. -To restore a file to the current directory, you need to run: +To restore a file you may use the `byteback-restore` command, which allows you to find all files matching a pattern via a command-like: - rsync -Prat --rsync-path='rsync --fake-super' byteback@mybackuphost.net:path/to/file . + byteback-restore --file /etc/passwd + +To actually restore the file, to the current directory, run: + + byteback-restore --file /etc/passwd --revision=current + +Recursive restorations are supported too: + + byteback-restore --file /srv --revision=current -The --fake-super flag only applies to the "local" end, hence the need to specfy -the rsync-path. You'll need to set up correct SSH permissions at the remote -end for this to work. The trust model --------------- |