None of the previous saves are deleted (unless you explicitly do that). All save
files are kept in ~/.tmux/resurrect/
directory, or ~/.local/share/tmux/resurrect
(unless ${XDG_DATA_HOME}
says otherwise).
Here are the steps to restore to a previous point in time:
- make sure you start this with a "fresh" tmux instance
$ cd ~/.tmux/resurrect/
- locate the save file you'd like to use for restore (file names have a timestamp)
- symlink the
last
file to the desired save file:$ ln -sf <file_name> last
- do a restore with
tmux-resurrect
key:prefix + Ctrl-r
You should now be restored to the time when <file_name>
save happened.