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--- docs:tips_n_tricks:dump_restore.html [17.08.2012 16:45 CEST] – peter
+++ docs:tips_n_tricks:dump_restore.html [02.12.2012 13:39 CET] (current) – [restore] peter
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 ===== restore =====
-How to use restore in batch mode:
+How to use restore most recent files in batch mode:
   mkdir /tmp/recover
   cd /tmp/recover
   restore -x -o -X /tmp/files_to_restore.txt -a  \
-  -f /backup/full.bzdump  \
+  -f /backup/eldest.bzdump     \
-  -f /backup/lev1.bzdump  \
+  -f /backup/rather_old.bzdump \
-  -f /backup/lev2.bzdump  \
+  -f /backup/less_old.bzdump   \
-  -f /backup/lev3.bzdump  \
+  -f /backup/most_recent.bzdump
-  -f /backup/lev4.bzdump  \
-  -f /backup/lev5.bzdump  \
+:!: It seems, ''-X //file//'' ist mandatory for restoring from multi level backups as described here. Leaving out ''-X //file//'' should restore the whole contents of the dump file, but to my experience only a subset of files will be recovered when used with multiple ''-f //file//''
-  -f /backup/lev6.bzdump  \
-  -f /backup/lev7.bzdump  \
+^ -x        | e**x**tract |
-  -f /backup/lev8.bzdump  \
+^ -X <file> | e**X**tract files of names listed in given file |
-  -f /backup/lev9.bzdump
+^ -o        | restore **o**wnership and permission without asking |
+^ -a        | read **a**ll volumes, don't ask |
+^ -f <file> | read dump from given **f**ile |
 Ommit the files of levels that do not exist ;-)