Re: [bitfolk] Testing backups are re-storable?

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Author: Andy Smith
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Hi Ian,

On Wed, Apr 03, 2019 at 02:33:21PM +0100, Ian Hobson wrote:
> How can I get access to my Bitfolk backup, so that I can restore it to a
> local machine, and prove that I have enough data included?


Have you managed to mount your hourly.0 backup like in the example
here?:

    https://tools.bitfolk.com/wiki/Backups#Access_to_backups


After that I guess you can access it the way you access any files on
your vps, e.g. sftp or sshfs.

Cheers,
Andy

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