On 05/03/2013 01:42 PM, Carl Hartung wrote:
a stab in the dark: I'm thinking you introduced an omission or typo somewhere while entering your 'rsync' commands. 'rsync' is a great tool. I use it all the time so I know it requires some precision; some close attention to detail.
It would help a lot if you could post the exact commands that you issued to create the backups and to attempt/implement the 'restores.'
- floundering around in the dark, i sadly have no record of my desperation :(( [ i do not think it was a /home/home error ] .................... my reserve backups were on a hard disk not normally mounted : - firstly, i mounted the reserve partition on mount-point /mnt - next i changed directory to /mnt - finally i gave the command as root : " rsync -avr ./ [source being /mnt ] / [target directory] " _________________________________ many thanks best regards -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org