Linux restore Command- To restore backup or dump files, cmd Example

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What is Linux restore Command?

Explanation

restore COMMAND:
     restore - command restores the data from the dump-file or backup-file created using dump command.

SYNTAX:
  The Syntax is
     restore [options]

OPTIONS:

-f	Used to specify the backup or dump file
-C	Used to compare dump-file with original file
-i	Restore in Interactive mode
-v	Displays Verbose Information
-e	Exclude inode while making backup

Commands used in interactive mode:

ls	List the files and directories in backup file
add	Add files in dump-file to current working directory
cd	Changes the directory
pwd	Displays the current working directory
extract	Extract the files from the dump
quit	Quit from the interactive mode

EXAMPLE:

To restore file and directories from backup-file :

restore -if databack

Where,

i -To make restore with interactive mode

f -To restore from the backup-file specifed

databack -Is a name of backup-file or dump-file

This command gets you to interactive mode as follows:

restore >

Now the following commands are entered to restore:

restore > ls -Lists files and directories in dump file

restore > add -add files to the current directory

restore > ls -Lists the file added from the backup file to current directory

restore > extract -Extracts the file from the backup file to current directory

restore > quit -Quits from the interactive mode

To compare and display any dump-file with the original file:
```
restore -Cf databack
```
This command will compare,

-1 -Is the dump-level [1 specifies incremental backup]

databackup -Is a dump-file [or backup-file]

/home/user1/data -Is a directory for which a backup is created

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