On 2/12/2010 4:40 AM, Huw Wyn Jones wrote: > Hi folks, > > I have an old backuppc server which is no longer properly functional. I can > get the server running reliably with just networking and sshd services, but > if I start the backuppc service I get a kernel panic and the whole server > freezes. > > However I need to recover a users files from this old system. I read that you > can recover single files from the command line - but unfortunately I need > around 70Mb's worth of files! Not really practical to do this one at a time. > Please correct me if I'm wrong but IIRC Backuppc encodes files as it backs > them up. Is there a way in which I could scp/rsync this users files to my > desktop and decode them there? > > As ever all suggestions greatly appreciated.
Have you tried BackuPC_tarCreate or BackupPC_zipCreate? You should be able to execute them via ssh and collect the output elsewhere - or pipe to an appropriate extract command. http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/faq/BackupPC.html#commandline_restore_options -- Les Mikesell lesmikes...@gmail.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ SOLARIS 10 is the OS for Data Centers - provides features such as DTrace, Predictive Self Healing and Award Winning ZFS. Get Solaris 10 NOW http://p.sf.net/sfu/solaris-dev2dev _______________________________________________ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net List: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki: http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net Project: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/