NAME

plakar-restore — Restore files from a Plakar snapshot

SYNOPSIS

DESCRIPTION

The plakar restore command is used to restore files and directories at path from a specified Plakar snapshot to the local file system. If path is omitted, then all the files in the specified snapshotID are restored. If no snapshotID is provided, the command attempts to restore the current working directory from the last matching snapshot.

The options are as follows:

-name string

Only apply command to snapshots that match name.

-category string

Only apply command to snapshots that match category.

-environment string

Only apply command to snapshots that match environment.

-perimeter string

Only apply command to snapshots that match perimeter.

-job string

Only apply command to snapshots that match job.

-tag string

Only apply command to snapshots that match tag.

-skip-permissions

Skip restoring file permissions and ownership during restore, defaulting to 0750 for directories and 0640 for files. It Fl to Ar directory Specify the base directory to which the files will be restored. If omitted, files are restored to the current working directory.

-quiet

Suppress output to standard input, only logging errors and warnings.

EXAMPLES

Restore all files from a specific snapshot to the current directory:

$ plakar restore abc123

Restore to a specific directory:

$ plakar restore -to /mnt/ abc123

Restore latest snapshot to a specific directory:

$ plakar restore -latest -to /mnt/ abc123

Restore specific path to a specific directory:

$ plakar restore -to /mnt/ abc123:/etc/apache2

Restore to a specific destination:

$ plakar restore -to @s3target abc123

Restore specific path to a specific destination :

$ plakar restore -to  @s3target abc123:/etc/apache2

DIAGNOSTICS

The plakar-restore utility exits 0 on success, and >0 if an error occurs.

0

Command completed successfully.

>0

An error occurred, such as a failure to locate the snapshot or a destination directory issue.

SEE ALSO

plakar(1), plakar-backup(1)