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NAME
bup-restore - extract files from a backup set
SYNOPSIS
bup restore [-r host:[path]] [--outdir=outdir] [--exclude-rx pattern] [--exclude-rx-from filename] [-v]
[-q] <paths...>
DESCRIPTION
bup restore extracts files from a backup set (created with bup-save(1)) to the local filesystem.
The specified paths are of the form /branch/revision/some/where. The components of the path are as
follows:
branch the name of the backup set to restore from; this corresponds to the --name (-n) option to bup
save.
revision
the revision of the backup set to restore. The revision latest is always the most recent backup
on the given branch. You can discover other revisions using bup ls /branch.
some/where
the previously saved path (after any stripping/grafting) that you want to restore. For example,
etc/passwd.
If some/where names a directory, bup restore will restore that directory and then recursively restore its
contents.
If some/where names a directory and ends with a slash (ie. path/to/dir/), bup restore will restore the
children of that directory directly to the current directory (or the --outdir). If some/where does not
end in a slash, the children will be restored to a subdirectory of the current directory.
If some/where names a directory and ends in `/.' (ie. path/to/dir/.), bup restore will do exactly what
it would have done for path/to/dir, and then restore dir’s metadata to the current directory (or the
--outdir). See the EXAMPLES section.
As a special case, if some/where names the “latest” symlink, e.g. bup restore /foo/latest, then bup will
act exactly as if the save that “latest” points to had been specified, and restore that, rather than the
“latest” symlink itself.
Whenever path metadata is available, bup restore will attempt to restore it. When restoring ownership,
bup implements tar/rsync-like semantics. It will normally prefer user and group names to uids and gids
when they’re available, but it will not try to restore the user unless running as root, and it will fall
back to the numeric uid or gid whenever the metadata contains a user or group name that doesn’t exist on
the current system. The use of user and group names can be disabled via --numeric-ids (which can be
important when restoring a chroot, for example), and as a special case, a uid or gid of 0 will never be
remapped by name. Additionally, some systems don’t allow setting a uid/gid that doesn’t correspond with
a known user/group. On those systems, bup will log an error for each relevant path.
The --map-user, --map-group, --map-uid, --map-gid options may be used to adjust the available ownership
information before any of the rules above are applied, but note that due to those rules, --map-uid and
--map-gid will have no effect whenever a path has a valid user or group. In those cases, either
--numeric-ids must be specified, or the user or group must be cleared by a suitable --map-user foo= or
--map-group foo=.
Hardlinks will also be restored when possible, but at least currently, no links will be made to targets
outside the restore tree, and if the restore tree spans a different arrangement of filesystems from the
save tree, some hardlink sets may not be completely restored.
Also note that changing hardlink sets on disk between index and save may produce unexpected results.
With the current implementation, bup will attempt to recreate any given hardlink set as it existed at
index time, even if all of the files in the set weren’t still hardlinked (but were otherwise identical)
at save time.
Note that during the restoration process, access to data within the restore tree may be more permissive
than it was in the original source. Unless security is irrelevant, you must restore to a private
subdirectory, and then move the resulting tree to its final position. See the EXAMPLES section for a
demonstration.
OPTIONS
-r, --remote=host:path
restore the backup set from the given remote server. If path is omitted, uses the default path on
the remote server (you still need to include the `:'). The connection to the remote server is
made with SSH. If you’d like to specify which port, user or private key to use for the SSH
connection, we recommend you use the ~/.ssh/config file.
-C, --outdir=outdir
create and change to directory outdir before extracting the files.
--numeric-ids
restore numeric IDs (user, group, etc.) rather than names.
--exclude-rx=pattern
exclude any path matching pattern, which must be a Python regular expression
(http://docs.python.org/library/re.html). The pattern will be compared against the full path
rooted at the top of the restore tree, without anchoring, so “x/y” will match “ox/yard” or
“box/yards”. To exclude the contents of /tmp, but not the directory itself, use “^/tmp/.”. (can
be specified more than once)
Note that the root of the restore tree (which matches `^/') is the top of the archive tree being
restored, and has nothing to do with the filesystem destination. Given “restore ...
/foo/latest/etc/”, the pattern `^/passwd$' would match if a file named passwd had been saved as
`/foo/latest/etc/passwd'.
Examples:
• `/foo$' - exclude any file named foo
• `/foo/$' - exclude any directory named foo
• `/foo/.' - exclude the content of any directory named foo
• `^/tmp/.' - exclude root-level /tmp’s content, but not /tmp itself
--exclude-rx-from=filename
read –exclude-rx patterns from filename, one pattern per-line (may be repeated). Ignore
completely empty lines.
--sparse
write output data sparsely when reasonable. Currently, reasonable just means “at least whenever
there are 512 or more consecutive zeroes”.
--map-user old=new
for every path, restore the old (saved) user name as new. Specifying “” for new will clear the
user. For example “–map-user foo=” will allow the uid to take effect for any path that originally
had a user of “foo”, unless countermanded by a subsequent “–map-user foo=...” specification. See
DESCRIPTION above for further information.
--map-group old=new
for every path, restore the old (saved) group name as new. Specifying “” for new will clear the
group. For example “–map-group foo=” will allow the gid to take effect for any path that
originally had a group of “foo”, unless countermanded by a subsequent “–map-group foo=...”
specification. See DESCRIPTION above for further information.
--map-uid old=new
for every path, restore the old (saved) uid as new, unless countermanded by a subsequent “–map-uid
old=...” option. Note that the uid will only be relevant for paths with no user. See DESCRIPTION
above for further information.
--map-gid old=new
for every path, restore the old (saved) gid as new, unless countermanded by a subsequent “–map-gid
old=...” option. Note that the gid will only be relevant for paths with no user. See DESCRIPTION
above for further information.
-v, --verbose
increase log output. Given once, prints every directory as it is restored; given twice, prints
every file and directory.
-q, --quiet
suppress output, including the progress meter. Normally, if stderr is a tty, a progress meter
displays the total number of files restored.
EXAMPLES
Create a simple test backup set:
$ bup index -u /etc
$ bup save -n mybackup /etc/passwd /etc/profile
Restore just one file:
$ bup restore /mybackup/latest/etc/passwd
Restoring: 1, done.
$ ls -l passwd
-rw-r--r-- 1 apenwarr apenwarr 1478 2010-09-08 03:06 passwd
Restore etc to test (no trailing slash):
$ bup restore -C test /mybackup/latest/etc
Restoring: 3, done.
$ find test
test
test/etc
test/etc/passwd
test/etc/profile
Restore the contents of etc to test (trailing slash):
$ bup restore -C test /mybackup/latest/etc/
Restoring: 2, done.
$ find test
test
test/passwd
test/profile
Restore the contents of etc and etc’s metadata to test (trailing “/.”):
$ bup restore -C test /mybackup/latest/etc/.
Restoring: 2, done.
# At this point test and etc's metadata will match.
$ find test
test
test/passwd
test/profile
Restore a tree without risk of unauthorized access:
# mkdir --mode 0700 restore-tmp
# bup restore -C restore-tmp /somebackup/latest/foo
Restoring: 42, done.
# mv restore-tmp/foo somewhere
# rmdir restore-tmp
Restore a tree, remapping an old user and group to a new user and group:
# ls -l /original/y
-rw-r----- 1 foo baz 3610 Nov 4 11:31 y
# bup restore -C dest --map-user foo=bar --map-group baz=bax /x/latest/y
Restoring: 42, done.
# ls -l dest/y
-rw-r----- 1 bar bax 3610 Nov 4 11:31 y
Restore a tree, remapping an old uid to a new uid. Note that the old user must be erased so that bup
won’t prefer it over the uid:
# ls -l /original/y
-rw-r----- 1 foo baz 3610 Nov 4 11:31 y
# ls -ln /original/y
-rw-r----- 1 1000 1007 3610 Nov 4 11:31 y
# bup restore -C dest --map-user foo= --map-uid 1000=1042 /x/latest/y
Restoring: 97, done.
# ls -ln dest/y
-rw-r----- 1 1042 1007 3610 Nov 4 11:31 y
An alternate way to do the same by quashing users/groups universally with --numeric-ids:
# bup restore -C dest --numeric-ids --map-uid 1000=1042 /x/latest/y
Restoring: 97, done.
SEE ALSO
bup-save(1), bup-ftp(1), bup-fuse(1), bup-web(1)
BUP
Part of the bup(1) suite.
AUTHORS
Avery Pennarun apenwarr@gmail.com
Bup 0.33.7 2025-01-11 bup-restore(1)