Hi there, On Mon, 3 Aug 2026, backuppc@sundquist... wrote:
I have recreated my backups from scratch without referring to my old config.pl I was never able to recover the old localhost /etc files. I was able to identify the backup numbers based on your suggestions. But got stuck on the sharename. When I ran (as backuppc) /usr/share/backuppc/bin/BackupPC_ls -h localhost -n 0 -s /etc It just gave me usage instructions. I tried putting the sharename in single quotes, too but that didn't work. I am sure that is the sharename for the default localhost backup, as that is what it is in my new installation (using tar). So not critical since I have most things working, but I never like to leave myself stumped.
If you look carefully at the usage instructions from BackupPC_ls you should see that you missed out an important part - the specification of the directory, directories or file(s) that you want it to list. So for example you could simply add ' /' to your command, changing .../BackupPC_ls -h localhost -n 0 -s /etc to .../BackupPC_ls -h localhost -n 0 -s /etc / HTH -- 73, Ged. _______________________________________________ BackupPC-users mailing list [email protected] List: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki: https://github.com/backuppc/backuppc/wiki Project: https://backuppc.github.io/backuppc/
