On Wed, Feb 26, 2020 at 09:48:40PM -0600, Greg Marks wrote:
When using scp to copy files from my server to my laptop (both running Debian 10 and both with the same directory tree), I like to back up the files in case I discover that I've overwritten a newer version of a file with an older version. (I seem to make this mistake about once or twice a year.) To this end, on my laptop I've defined the following "get from server" function:
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If I discover that I've made a mistake, there's a backup copy in /tmp.
Reading between the lines, you don't have a proper backup solution in place, otherwise the action to take when you made this mistake 1-2 times a year would be to restore from your proper backups. My advice is to prioritise setting up a proper backup solution, pursuing your actual question is a distraction from that. -- 👱🏻 Jonathan Dowland 🔗 https://jmtd.net
