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[ubuntu] Recursive restore certain files in Deja Dup

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http://ubuntuforums.org – I noticed that most of my photos are missing.... :mad: So I went into my home folder and clicked File -> Restore Missing Files (I had kept a Deja Dup backup). It came up with a few files, but only ones from the Home directory itself, not the folders inside it. If I open Pictures -> Photos and click Restore Missing Files I get a file (actually a folder) called "2011". Yes please! But I obviously can't enter every folder and run this - I need to run it on the entire /home/duncan directory. I do want the interface where you tick the files you want restored. I do not want to (Hardware)

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Submitted by xskl on 08/31/2012

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When I try to restore data that I did not encrypt, I need to enter an encryption password.

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