Backup And Restore Single Directory

[rnmcd]

What would be the best way to backup and restore only a single directory?

 

I see that, via cpanel, I can backup the entire home directory but, at this time, I only need to backup a single directory prior to making some changes...if the changes cause me more problems than I anticipate I will want to restore only that single directory.

 

How best to accomplish that as well?

 

Thanks.

[TCH-Bruce]

You can download the contents of the folder using an FTP program.

[rnmcd]

You can download the contents of the folder using an FTP program.

I will do that.

 

But out of curiousity, if I backed up the full home directory am I able to unzip it and find the subdirectory that I want restore? I am not familiar with .gz files.

[TCH-Bruce]

Yes, you can open the full backup using Winzip and extract it.

[TCH-Don]

As the home directory backup is compressed,

it may be quicker to download the the home directory backup and extract the folder.

[rnmcd]

As the home directory backup is compressed,

it may be quicker to download the the home directory backup and extract the folder.

 

I ended up trying both methods and, in my case, it turned out that uncompressing the home directory backup and then uploading the needed directory was quicker.

 

Thanks!