From 1ed730e61451133b6fd52b1ef3ff672ffb166d6a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Laurent Cozic Date: Thu, 21 Sep 2017 11:55:08 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Update README.md Added "How to restore" section --- README.md | 5 +++++ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 99cc635..e0e4da2 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -63,6 +63,11 @@ To display the rsync options that are used for backup, run `./rsync_tmbackup.sh rsync_tmbackup --rsync-set-flags "--numeric-ids --links --hard-links \ --one-file-system --archive --no-perms --no-groups --itemize-changes" /src /dest + + +## How to restore + +The script creates a backup in a regular directory so you can simply copy the files back to the original directory. You could do that with something like `rsync -aP /path/to/last/backup/ /path/to/restore/to/`. Consider using the `--dry-run` option to check what exactly is going to be copied. Use `--delete` if you also want to delete files that exist in the destination but not in the backup (obviously extra care must be taken when using this option). ## Features