# rsync restore from $backup_dir_mount/tracey_home to original locations in /home/tracey backup_dir_mount='/data/LinuxBack' rsync -aAXv --delete --exclude="lost+found" "$backup_dir_mount/tracey_home" /home/tracey test with just one directory to make sure it goes to right place backup_dir_mount='/data/LinuxBack' rsync -aAXv --exclude="lost+found" "$backup_dir_mount/tracey_home/Applications" /home/tracey/Applications -a - archive mode. -A - preserve Access Control List. -X - preserve extended attributes. backup_dir_mount='/data/LinuxBack' sudo rsync -aAXv --exclude="lost+found" "$backup_dir_mount/var" /var/lib/libvirt/images rsync -aAXv --exclude="lost+found" "$backup_dir_mount/tracey_home/Applications" /home/tracey/Applications sudo rsync -aAXv --exclude="lost+found" "$backup_dir_mount/var/images" /var/lib/libvirt/ sudo rsync -aAXv --exclude="lost+found" "$backup_dir_mount/var/qemu" /var/lib/libvirt/