But if you do rsync with the appropriate options, it works quite well, I have done this several times. Just exclude the rdiff-backup-data directory and be sure to tell it to use the physical ids and you are good to go.
Dean Cording <d...@cording.id.au> wrote: > The problem with doing a straight copy of the latest backup is that it does > not restore the file ownership and permissions information. > > Dean > > On Tue, 5 Jan 2010 01:37:59 am rdiff-backup-users-requ...@nongnu.org wrote: > > Hi Dean, > > > > If you are restoring a complete system from the latest backup then the > > backup is a current mirror. > > So a simple scp or copy with any tool would be what you want no? > > > > Cheers > > Gavin > > > > > _______________________________________________ > rdiff-backup-users mailing list at rdiff-backup-users@nongnu.org > http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/rdiff-backup-users > Wiki URL: http://rdiff-backup.solutionsfirst.com.au/index.php/RdiffBackupWiki -- Your life is like a penny. You're going to lose it. The question is: How do you spend it? John Covici cov...@ccs.covici.com _______________________________________________ rdiff-backup-users mailing list at rdiff-backup-users@nongnu.org http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/rdiff-backup-users Wiki URL: http://rdiff-backup.solutionsfirst.com.au/index.php/RdiffBackupWiki
