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	Redbrick keeps regular backups of your files in case a problem develops with a server and user files need to be restored.		Redbrick keeps regular backups of your files in case a problem develops with a server and user files need to be restored.

Isaac702: Minor grammar corrections.

2010-09-29T22:01:11Z

Minor grammar corrections.

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	Redbrick keeps regular backups of your files in case a problem develops with a server and user files need to be restored.		Redbrick keeps regular backups of your files in case a problem develops with a server and user files need to be restored.

	These backups can also be used by users to restore files if they have accidentally deleted ~~a file~~ or wish to restore previous ~~editions of files~~.		These backups can also be used by users to restore files if they have accidentally deleted them or if wish to restore previous versions.

	==Restoring a backup==		==Restoring a backup==
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	====Note====		====Note====
	#Redbrick keeps several backups at one time. current is the latest and is usually taken the night before. If you wish to restore a backup from before this replace current with the date of the backup and then type cd tree before continuing with the guide.		#Redbrick keeps several backups at one time. current is the latest and is usually taken the night before. If you wish to restore a backup from before this replace current with the date of the backup and then type cd tree before continuing with the guide.
	#You can also restore files from your home directory by going to /home/member during this step. If you are restoring a backup from home replace public_html in the later steps with a more appropriate location. eg. ~		#You can also restore files from your home directory by going to /home/member during this step. If you are restoring a backup from your home directory replace public_html in the later steps with a more appropriate location. eg. ~
	#In this example the user is called username. Replace this with your username and u with the first letter of your username. eg. i/isaac702		#In this example the user is called username. Replace this with your username and u with the first letter of your username. eg. i/isaac702

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	~~If this has happened to you, you're able to restore~~ your ~~backups by copying~~ files ~~from redbricks backups~~.		Redbrick keeps regular backups of your files in case a problem develops with a server and user files need to be restored.

	~~==Causes of needing~~ to restore ~~backups==~~		These backups can also be used by users to restore files if they have accidentally deleted a file or wish to restore previous editions of files.
	~~===Deleting all your~~ files ~~in a directory===~~
	~~rm * //Very bad, will delete all files from current folder~~
	~~===Overwriting a file.===~~
	~~If you're using vim, it will prompt you that you are overwriting~~ a file ~~if you didn't open the file for editing in the first place.<br/>~~
	~~It tells you~~ to ~~add a ! to the write command to overwrite the file. Don't do this unless you're sure~~ of ~~what you're doing~~.

	==~~Howto restore from~~ a backup==		==Restoring a backup==
	<pre>		<pre>
	~~ssh carbon~~		cd /backup/storage/current/ *See Note 1
	cd /backup/~~webtree~~/webtree/u/username ~~(see note)~~		cd webtree *See Note 2
	~~cp filename ~/public_html/ OR cp -R~~ * ~~~/public_html/~~		cd u/username *See Note 3
	~~exit~~
	</pre>		</pre>

			To restore a single file then
			<pre>
			cp filename ~/public_html/
			</pre>

	~~====Note====~~		To restore an entire directory then

	There are 7 backup directories in /backup/webtree/ and /backup/home/. The newest of each of these are the ones without numbers (/backup/webtree/webtree/, and /backup/home/home). These are the backups for the previous night. The backup for two nights ago is .1, three nights is .2, and so on.

	~~The example given above is for a user called 'username'. As you can see, the first~~ directory ~~you put in is the first letter of your username, followed by your full username.~~

	~~==Example of restoring a file==~~
	<pre>		<pre>
	~~ssh carbon~~		cp -R * ~/public_html/
	~~cd /backup/webtree/webtree.1/d/drag0n~~
	cp ~~index.html~~ ~/public_html/
	~~exit~~
	</pre>		</pre>
			====Note====
	~~This will copy drag0ns (ie~~. ~~me) index~~.~~html~~ from a backup from ~~2 days ago into drag0ns~~ public_html ~~folder~~.		#Redbrick keeps several backups at one time. current is the latest and is usually taken the night before. If you wish to restore a backup from before this replace current with the date of the backup and then type cd tree before continuing with the guide.
			#You can also restore files from your home directory by going to /home/member during this step. If you are restoring a backup from home replace public_html in the later steps with a more appropriate location. eg. ~
			#In this example the user is called username. Replace this with your username and u with the first letter of your username. eg. i/isaac702

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Receive at 03:19, 20 April 2007

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Lil cain at 03:10, 20 April 2007

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	This will copy drag0ns (ie. me) index.html from a backup from 2 days ago into drag0ns public_html folder.		This will copy drag0ns (ie. me) index.html from a backup from 2 days ago into drag0ns public_html folder.

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Atlas: /* Howto restore from a backup */

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Howto restore from a backup

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	<pre>		<pre>
	ssh carbon		ssh carbon
	cd /backup/webtree/webtree~~[.{1-6}]~~/~~{a-z}~~/<username>		cd /backup/webtree/webtree/u/username (see note)
	cp filename ~/public_html/. OR cp -R * ~/public_html/.		cp filename ~/public_html/ OR cp -R * ~/public_html/
	exit		exit
	</pre>		</pre>


			====Note====

			There are 7 backup directories in /backup/webtree/ and /backup/home/. The newest of each of these are the ones without numbers (/backup/webtree/webtree/, and /backup/home/home). These are the backups for the previous night. The backup for two nights ago is .1, three nights is .2, and so on.

			The example given above is for a user called 'username'. As you can see, the first directory you put in is the first letter of your username, followed by your full username.

	==Example of restoring a file==		==Example of restoring a file==

Atlas: /* Example of restoring a file */

2007-02-19T16:28:22Z

Example of restoring a file

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	ssh carbon		ssh carbon
	cd /backup/webtree/webtree.1/d/drag0n		cd /backup/webtree/webtree.1/d/drag0n
	cp index.html ~/public_html/.		cp index.html ~/public_html/
	exit		exit
	</pre>		</pre>

	This will copy drag0ns (ie. me) index.html from a backup from 2 days ago into drag0ns public_html folder.		This will copy drag0ns (ie. me) index.html from a backup from 2 days ago into drag0ns public_html folder.

Drag0n: newbs

2007-02-19T16:25:01Z

newbs

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If this has happened to you, you're able to restore your backups by copying files from redbricks backups.

==Causes of needing to restore backups==
===Deleting all your files in a directory===
rm * //Very bad, will delete all files from current folder
===Overwriting a file.===
If you're using vim, it will prompt you that you are overwriting a file if you didn't open the file for editing in the first place.<br/>
It tells you to add a ! to the write command to overwrite the file. Don't do this unless you're sure of what you're doing.

==Howto restore from a backup==
<pre>
ssh carbon
cd /backup/webtree/webtree[.{1-6}]/{a-z}/<username>
cp filename ~/public_html/. OR cp -R * ~/public_html/.
exit
</pre>

==Example of restoring a file==
<pre>
ssh carbon
cd /backup/webtree/webtree.1/d/drag0n
cp index.html ~/public_html/.
exit
</pre>

This will copy drag0ns (ie. me) index.html from a backup from 2 days ago into drag0ns public_html folder.