Restoring a backup
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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.
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.
Restoring a backup
cd /backup/storage/current/ *See Note 1 cd webtree *See Note 2 cd u/username *See Note 3
To restore a single file then
cp filename ~/public_html/
To restore an entire directory then
cp -R * ~/public_html/
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.
- 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