Re: [rdiff-backup-users] Problem restoring to directory with existing files.

[Jeremy Polen]

Restore into a temporary directory and then rsync... good idea. Thanks!

Jeremy

On Mar 24, 2008, at 4:10 PM, Dave Kempe wrote:
> Jeremy Polen wrote:
> > Thanks Warren,
> >
> > This was exactly what I was thinking, but I just wanted to know if  
> > someone had any ideas or patches in process that would allow us to  
> > the restore the mirror back into the directory that was backed up  
> > without deleting pre-existing files. I was working on patching  
> > rdiff-backup's restore to have a similar restore process like  
> > duplicity.
> You could also restore to a different directory and use rsync to  
> copy the files back over the top (without --delete of course)
>
> dave