File selection |
The file selection area of the restore
screen shows all existing backups. As a name for every backup,
SIEGFRIED BACKUP shows the title. The file selection of every
backup contains all names ot the drives, directories, files and
symlinks that are saved.
To provide a better overview, SIEGFRIED BACKUP collects repeated backups
or backups that contain full and partial backups into a single item. This item
is named by the title that was set in the start window of the backup.
A file selection is like a table. It is divide into rows and
columns. The head of every column contains its respective title.
The width of a column can be changed in either direction. To
change the width of a column simply click on the right separation
line of the column title and move the mouse until the desired
width is reached.
Not available in the demo
version!
The columns can be arranged in any order. To rearrange a column,
click on the column and simply move it horizontally to the
desired position. A click on the column title selects the sort
sequence. The initial click on a column title selects that column
as the prefered column in the preference criterium. The column
title is underlined to show which column is prefered. Following
clicks on the prefered sort column alter the sort sequence (ascent/descent).
The appearance of the
directory tree is defined with the following line attributes:
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After the startup of SIEGFRIED BACKUP
the file selection shows all existing backups.
The contents of the folders in
lower directory levels can viewed (arrow down) by using the arrow
buttons on the left side of the file selection area. A second
click closes a lower level (arrow right). Lower levels are
indented to the right creating the appearance of a tree for the
file selection area. On the highest level are the roots (backups,
drives) and the deepest levels are the leafs (files, symlinks).
To select a drive, folder or file to restore, simply highlight
the line concerned with a click of the left mouse button. To
remove a selection only a second click is neccessary. The
selection has different effects depending on the kind of a line (backup,
drive, directory, file, symlink):
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by backups, drives and directories all lower levels are included |
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by symlinks and files only the correspondending line is selected |
A marked line on a lower level as the root (highest
level)includes all directories (up to the root) in this path in
the selection.
Example: the folder 'config' of the 'home'
directory of the boot drive is selected. The result of this
selection is that all lower levels of the 'config'
folder are selected. Also, the lines 'home' and 'boot' (root,
highest level) are marked as well. The selection of 'home' and 'boot'
doesn't mean that all entries of these directories are selected
too, but simply a hint that these directories are saved (but only
the directories and not there complete contents).
These additional selections are used for better representation of
the selections. If an entry of a lower level is selected and the
tree on a higher level is collapsed, it's always possible to see
that one or more selections are done. Collapsing and expanding
the different levels doesn't alter the selections.