Re: [BackupPC-users] File format for BackupPC

I don't know much about windows, but i think this may help

With or without compression, the general idea is that you need to restore the file first to see it. That said, you may use:
* The web gui (cgi), browse backups, click and save the file. It will be readable on your disk.
* The web gui (cgi) use restore in the original place or other
* use a command to make the file readable. In my machine is
/usr/share/backuppc/bin/BackupPC_zcat
See BackupPC_zcat at http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/faq/BackupPC.html#restore_functions
__INSTALLDIR__/bin/BackupPC_zcat __TOPDIR__/pc/host/5/fc/fcraig/fexample.txt > example.txt

And you can also create tar or zip with a collection of files using the backuppc cgi (the scripts to do this don't work in my installation).

So, as far as I know,

1- Not really, kind of through the cgi. Save and see it (again, with or without compression is the same).

1a- Yes (using BackupPC_zcat), unless it is an os dependent file, of course.

1b- After running BackupPC_zcat on the files, or a zip dump, yes. May be easier to use the cgi.

2- Use restore on the cgi, save the file on disk, ...

3- directories and file listing on the cg, by host/backup, click and save files?

4- Others will help you there

Guess not what you were hoping for, maybe someone has better ideas. Still, it is a backup utility, not a ftp server :) But you can dump your backup to one.

Final thought, use the cgi. If you never saw it, you have to.

Last, I don't know that much about backuppc, so, everybody, please feel free to correct me, I'll appreciate it.

Luis A. Paulo

On Fri, Feb 12, 2010 at 10:24 PM, John Hudak <jjhudak AT gmail DOT com> wrote:

Before I install backuppc and rsyncd client on my windoz boxes, I have some questions about file recovery using Backuppc.

1. After files are backed up to my linux server (Debian 5.0), assuming no compression, on the Linux box, can I look at the file directories and open say a backed up.pdf file using file browser in Debian 5?

1a - If I can do '1' then presumably I can ssh into the Debian box and navigate to the backed up file directory and open up file. True?
1b. If I can do '1a' then there would be no problem copying a subset of the files to a memory stick, and then copy the files to another windoze machine?

2. If I can't view files using the file browser as described in '1' above, how can I accomplish this?

3. If the files are compressed, how can I view the backed up directories and files?

4. Are there any words of advice/tricks to know about when installing rsyncd on windoz boxes and having the backuppc app easily find it?

Thanks for the input...
John

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