Myth Backups

Written by Chris Gregg, with modifications by Nick Troccoli

Click here for a walkthrough video.

The myth computers provide a daily backup of your home directory and all of its subdirectories, that happens at some point overnight. If you accidentally delete a file that was in your directory the day before, you will likely find it backed up in that folder. To get to your .backup directory, type:

$ cd ~/.backup

You should not rely on this as a backup for your files, but it may come in handy if you accidentally lose your work.

This document and its content are copyright Stanford University, 2020. All rights reserved. Any redistribution, reproduction, transmission, or storage of part or all of the contents in any form is prohibited without the authors' expressed written permission.