Thanks. That worked. Can see all the old files now. Was able to retrieve all my old backuppc config files.
And I will add my general thanks to the chorus praising your continued support of backuppc. On Mon, Aug 3, 2026, at 8:58 AM, G.W. Haywood wrote: > 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/ >
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