Re: [rdiff-backup-users] rdiff restore 'missing' on os x tiger

[Chris Kausel]

Ok, here are my steps:

1) I wiped my entire backup directory clean, and ran a
fresh backup of all home dirs (/Users/ in os x). (done
in Terminal as rm -rf Users while in the rdiff-backup
directory).

2) I moved a file on _my_ desktop
(/Users/ckausel/Desktop/) to the trash. This file was
named stunningillusion.wmv. (done in the GUI by
dragging the file to the trash, which puts it inside
my .Trashes directory)

3) Since I had a dir vanish on me before, I figured I
should be safe and create temp on the desktop again to
avoid having my desktop vanish. (used the GUI to
create and name the new dir).

4) I ran another backup of all home dirs

5) I spelunked through the backed up data to this
directory (with corresponding listing):

nb-ckauselmm:/Volumes/.Backup/.rdiff_daily/Users/rdiff-backup-data/increments/ckausel/;068esktop
root# ls -la
total 14648
drwx------    6 unknown  unknown      204 Dec 12 08:10
.
drwx------   10 unknown  unknown      340 Dec 12 08:13
..
-rw-------    1 unknown  unknown      725 Dec 12 01:54
.;068;083_;083tore.2005-12-12;08402;05803;05803-08;05800.diff.gz
-rw-r--r--    1 unknown  unknown  7494196 Nov  1 10:22
stunningillusion.wmv.2005-12-12;08402;05803;05803-08;05800.snapshot
drwx------    2 unknown  unknown       68 Dec 12 08:10
temp
-rw-------    1 unknown  unknown        0 Dec 12 08:10
temp.2005-12-12;08402;05803;05803-08;05800.missing

6) What I found interesting was there is no .missing
version of stunningillusion.wmv.  But anyway,
according to the rdiff-backup documentation, any
increment file should work for restore, right? So I
went ahead and issued the following command:

root# /sw/bin/rdiff-backup
stunningillusion.wmv.2005-12-12\;08402\;05803\;05803-08\;05800.snapshot
/Users/ckausel/Desktop/temp/

7) the temp directory on my desktop instantly vanished
without a trace and no sign of a restored
stunningillusion.wmv anywhere.

So... am I doing something wrong?

Chris

--- Keith Edmunds <address@hidden> wrote:

> Given that you are "pretty new at the CLI", it might
> make sense to post 
> here the exact commands you are using.
> 
> Keith


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