On Sun, Aug 23, 2009 at 11:42:00PM -0400, Mr_T wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I'm wanting to restore a file via the command line to the machine that is 
> running backuppc.
> 
> The command I'm using is...
> 
> ./BackupPC_tarCreate -t -n 55 -h server1 -s '/etc/mail.rc' > /data/test.tar
> 
> However when I run the above I just get given the following output...
> 
> usage: ./BackupPC_tarCreate [options] files/directories...
>   Required options:
>      -h host         host from which the tar archive is created
>      -n dumpNum      dump number from which the tar archive is created
>                      A negative number means relative to the end (eg -1
>                      means the most recent dump, -2 2nd most recent etc).
>      -s shareName    share name from which the tar archive is created

> This makes me think that my command is somehow wrong or that I'm 
> misunderstanding the flags...

The share name is usually '/', but depends on your configuration for
this particular host. How are you backing up that host? Using
rsync/rsyncd?

Tino.

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