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@@ -354,3 +354,36 @@ $ ck edit emacs # edit a specific emacs config, other than the primary $ ck edit emacs accounts.el #+END_SRC + +*** restore +or r or -r + +Restore links. + +Given a working ck instance (ckdb + ckrc + directories in ckrc with configs) +restore shall recreate the links from the config directories in ckrc +back to their corresponding position when added in ck. + +It is useful for copying your configs to a new linux installation +or restoring deleted links. + +It can either restore a specific program or all of them: +#+BEGIN_SRC sh + # restore progName + ck restore -p progName + # restore all + ck r all +#+END_SRC + +Note: +If ck tracks configs that are owned by root, simply running +`ck restore ...` will fail due to permissions. To remedy this, ck will alter the +owner and group of a link to match the one in the ckrc directories. +Thus, running `sudo ck -c /home/myuser/.ck restore ..` will restore +the root user's links as it should and the user links will have +the user as the owner instead of the root. + +ck checks that the configs exist and that the location for the link +is avaliable before making any links. However, in the even that symlink +fails for some other reason, the process will stop as is. Make sure you +take care of the already created links, if that's the case. |