On 07/07 01:59 , phil123456 wrote:
> - it does not seem to contain any file(see below) wich is expectable since 
> there are no file in /var/backup on the client system

Then choose a test which does have a file to restore. :)

> - getting a tar file from the client to the master is the opposite of a 
> restore (???)

To be clear I was using 'master' to mean the BackupPC server, and the
'client' to mean the machine being backed up. Sometimes the terms can be
unclear.

> on the backup master:
> /usr/share/backuppc/bin/BackupPC_tarCreate -h hostname -n -1 -s /var/backup/ 
> /employees.sql > backup.tar 
> 
> tar tvf backup.tar 
> drwxr-xr-x root/root      4096 2016-07-05 08:52 ./

If as you say, there is not actually an employees.sql file, then this makes
sense.

-- 
Carl Soderstrom
Systems Administrator
Real-Time Enterprises
www.real-time.com

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