STOREBACKUPRECOVER(1)

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STOREBACKUPRECOVER(1) 💅

okay so this is the User Contributed Perl Documentation page for storeBackupRecover.pl, and it is literally the rescue mission for files you saved with storeBackup.pl. Bestie, this is the “get my stuff back” era. 🫶

✨ NAME ✨

storeBackupRecover.pl — recovers files saved with storeBackup.pl.

No cap, that is the whole name-section vibe. 💖

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

Here is the exact call shape, bestie — do not freestyle the option names:

               storeBackupRecover.pl -r restore [-b root] -t targetDir [--flat]
                       [-o] [--tmpdir] [--noHardLinks] [-p number] [-v] [-n]
                       [--cpIsGnu] [--noGnuCp] [-s]

tiny note: --cpIsGnu is in the synopsis, but the OPTIONS list below does not give it its own blurb on this page. I am not inventing lore. 💀

🎀 OPTIONS 🎀

  • --restoreTree, -r — file or (part of) the tree to restore. When you are restoring a file, the file name in the backup has to be used (eg. with compression suffix).
  • --backupRoot, -b — root of storeBackup tree, normally not needed. That is the whole note, bestie.
  • --targetDir, -t — directory for unpacking. This is where the restored stuff lands. 🎯
  • --flat — do not create subdirectories. Flat era, no folders, very main character. 💅
  • --overwrite, -o — overwrite existing files. Careful, bestie: this one replaces what is already there.
  • --tmpdir, -T — directory for temporary file, default is <$tmpdir>. Yes, the default is literally written as <$tmpdir>. 🫠
  • --noHardLinks — do not reconstruct hard links in restore tree.
  • --noRestoreParallel, -p — max no of paralell programs to unpack, default is 12. Reduce this number if you are restoring blocked files and the system has insufficient RAM.
  • --verbose, -v — print verbose messages. Turn it on for the full commentary track. 🗣️
  • --noRestored, -n — print number of restored dirs, hardlinks, symlinks, files, ... . The ... is iconic and I am keeping it.
  • --noGnuCp — overwrite information in backup: you do not have gnucp installed (only relevant for sockets, block and character devices).
  • --createSparseFiles, -s — creates sparse file from blocked files if full blockes are filled with zeros. (Their spelling, not mine 💀.)

Copyright (c) 2002-2022 by Heinz-Josef Claes (see README). Published under the GNU General Public License v3 or any later version.

Legal tea, copied exactly so nobody comes for us. 👑

💖 Cute sign-off: source/version is perl v5.34.0, date is 2022-03-20, and the manual name up top is STOREBACKUPRECOVER(1). Now go restore those files, bestie. Periodt. 🫶

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