Look into backuppcfs which is FUSE filesystem that lets you mount your
entire backup tree read-only... then use linux 'find' or other tools
to search for your file name and/or contents
A k wrote at about 16:57:29 +0000 on Tuesday, March 11, 2025:
 > Hi,
 > I'm happy with backuppc taking care of my linux machines and it saved my ass 
 > a few times. But now I'm looking for the backup of a file but I'm not 100% 
 > sure of the name let alone the last date the file was backed-up (but pretty 
 > sure on which machine)
 > Is there a function to search for a filename with wildcard(s) ?? Ideally 
 > through the whole catalog although searching all backups of one machine 
 > would already do.
 > ( I'm looking for the file(s) "*book*h*" on either "my-laptop" or 
 > "my-desktop" )
 > Kind regards, Mi
 > 
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