[Cialug] Restoring a server

[L. V. Lammert]

On Tue, 19 Mar 2019, Andrew Denner wrote:

> The  --backup-dir option should allow you to make a copy of all the
> changedfiles, and then a simple mv would move them back in place (in
> theory)so it would not necessarily need be a folder by folder problem.
>
Changed files DNW, .. the only way to do an intelligent restore is to do
it file-by-file.

For example, you can't copy bin, sbin, without risking major issues.

/etc must be done file-by-file, as you often need to move the default
config files out of the way.

	Lee