[rdiff-backup-users] critical irresponsible behaviour

2008-03-14 Thread mortee
Hi, I just had rdiff-backup erase *all* my backups. That is just plain wrong. Let me explain. There's no mention whatsoever in the documentation about the fact that when one restores over an existing directory using the --force option, RDB would erase any files/directories that exist in the targ

Re: [rdiff-backup-users] critical irresponsible behaviour

2008-03-15 Thread Chris Wilson
Hi Mortee, On Sat, 15 Mar 2008, mortee wrote: > To have my server up temporarily until I can acquire a real replacement > disk, I just put that HDD in, and booted from it in single user mode. I > mounted the backup disk, and (yes, this is arguably my fault) I haven't > paid extra attention to

Re: [rdiff-backup-users] critical irresponsible behaviour

2008-03-17 Thread Dave Kempe
mortee wrote: Hi, I just had rdiff-backup erase *all* my backups. That is just plain wrong. Hi mortee, I have had a similar issue which actually erased my / directory, (well a staff member did it). This was because he used --force with a restore and ended up erasing his root (/) directories.