Re: [Dorset] Files lost

2010-11-18 Thread Peter & Jill Harris
On Thu, 2010-11-18 at 15:40 +, John Cooper wrote: > On 18/11/10 15:05, Peter & Jill Harris wrote: > > > Thanks for responses. I'm sure it was rm -rf ~/ .shotwell/Examples. I > > restored /etc, /home and /usr/local in that order using Simple Backup, > > the backups were on a separate hard dis

Re: [Dorset] Files lost

2010-11-18 Thread John Cooper
On 18/11/10 15:05, Peter & Jill Harris wrote: Thanks for responses. I'm sure it was rm -rf ~/ .shotwell/Examples. I restored /etc, /home and /usr/local in that order using Simple Backup, the backups were on a separate hard disk. Thanks for offer to assist if I lived in the Poole area John but

Re: [Dorset] Files lost

2010-11-18 Thread Peter & Jill Harris
On Wed, 2010-11-17 at 19:08 +, Robert Bronsdon wrote: > On Wed, 17 Nov 2010 18:49:27 -, Peter & Jill Harris > wrote: > > > The command I put in was rm -rf ~/ .shotwell/Examples > > I'm really hoping that is a joke or a typo > > what you have done there is > rm -rf ~/ > rm -rf .shotw

Re: [Dorset] Files lost

2010-11-17 Thread Sean Gibbins
On 17/11/10 20:40, Robert Bronsdon wrote: > On Wed, 17 Nov 2010 20:35:20 -, Sean Gibbins > wrote: > >> I guess the question to ask here is /where/ did you restore them to? > > Is the question not "_what_ have you restored?" > > you won't be able to restore just ~/.shotwell/Examples You need to

Re: [Dorset] Files lost

2010-11-17 Thread Robert Bronsdon
On Wed, 17 Nov 2010 20:35:20 -, Sean Gibbins wrote: I guess the question to ask here is /where/ did you restore them to? Is the question not "_what_ have you restored?" you won't be able to restore just ~/.shotwell/Examples You need to restore your whole ~ -- Robert Bronsdon -- Ne

Re: [Dorset] Files lost

2010-11-17 Thread Sean Gibbins
On 17/11/10 18:49, Peter & Jill Harris wrote: > I have tried restoring the last complete backup plus incrementals but > still no files to be found. Can anyone help please? I guess the question to ask here is /where/ did you restore them to? Depending on how you went about it they might be lurkin

Re: [Dorset] Files lost

2010-11-17 Thread John Cooper
On 17/11/10 18:49, Peter & Jill Harris wrote: Hi All, I seem to have really screwed things up! I was trying to get rid of some unwanted data from a Shotwell database and now all my folders are empty and all icons have gone from the desktop. The command I put in was rm -rf ~/ .shotwell/Exampl

Re: [Dorset] Files lost

2010-11-17 Thread Robert Bronsdon
On Wed, 17 Nov 2010 18:49:27 -, Peter & Jill Harris wrote: The command I put in was rm -rf ~/ .shotwell/Examples I'm really hoping that is a joke or a typo what you have done there is rm -rf ~/ rm -rf .shotwell/Examples I think what you wanted to do was rm -rf ~/.shotwell/Examples

[Dorset] Files lost

2010-11-17 Thread Peter & Jill Harris
Hi All, I seem to have really screwed things up! I was trying to get rid of some unwanted data from a Shotwell database and now all my folders are empty and all icons have gone from the desktop. The command I put in was rm -rf ~/ .shotwell/Examples I got a message telling me it was busy and i