Fusion Source keeps nightly backups of your files in a hidden directory called ".snapshot". Every directory under your home directory has its own .snapshot directory, with backups from the last 5 days.

In .snapshot, there is a separate directory for each nightly backup. nightly.0 is the backup made last night, nightly.1 is the backup made 2 nights ago, etc. The file weekly.0 is the backup made last Friday, which could be last night or 6 days ago, depending on the day of the week.

Here are the steps to recovering a file from backup:

1. Telnet to your account and change into the appropriate directory.
2. If you deleted a file and need to replace it, skip to step 3. If you modified a file and need to replace it, make a backup of the new file, because you may want it back later!
3. Change into the .snapshot directory.
4. If you want the copy of the file from last night, go into nightly.0, from 2 nights ago, nightly.1, from 3 nights ago, nightly.2, etc. If you want it from the last weekly backup (last Friday), go into weekly.0.
5. Copy the file back into the appropriate directory. (You will not be able to move a file out of the .snapshot directory; you'll only be able to copy it.)

Get into the appropriate directory.
{infobultra3:login} cd htdocs/pages
List the contents of that directory.
{infobultra3:login} ls
counter.htm             thanks.html
file.tpl                widgets.html
mail1.htm               widgets2.html
mail5.htm               widgets2.html.bak
Make a backup of the new file.
{infobultra3:login} mv widgets.html widgets.html.new
Get into the backup directory.
{infobultra3:login} cd .snapshot
{infobultra3:login} ls
nightly.0/      nightly.2/      nightly.4/
nightly.1/      nightly.3/      weekly.0/
Locate the backups from 3 nights ago.
{infobultra3:login} cd nightly.2
{infobultra3:login} ls
counter.htm             thanks.html
file.tpl                widgets.html
mail1.htm               widgets2.html
mail5.htm               widgets2.html.bak
Copy the old file back.
{infobultra3:login} cp widgets.html ~/htdocs/examples

The symbol "~" is a Unix shortcut which
means your home directory. When logged into a shell account
you should not use this shortcut. Instead, enter the full path
beginning with /export/...

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