Restore backuppc installation (localhost) from existing backuppc backups

Hi there,

On Mon, 4 May 2026, Adam Pribyl wrote:

> After installing the backuppc software (or at least copy of
> BackupPC_tarExtract) you should be able to do
>
> BackupPC_tarExtract -host <hostname> -num <backup_number> -path
> /path/to/file > extracted_file

You can't just install a copy of BackupPC_tarExtract.  It needs to use
code from the rest of the BackupPC installation.

> Extracting files from cpool is extremely painful -

Hopefully the description in my previous post on this subject may make
it less painful for you in future.

-- 

73,
Ged.


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