borg-extract − Extract archive contents
borg [common options] extract [options] ARCHIVE [PATH...]
This command extracts the contents of an archive. By default the entire archive is extracted but a subset of files and directories can be selected by passing a list of PATHs as arguments. The file selection can further be restricted by using the −−exclude option.
For more help on include/exclude patterns, see the borg_patterns command output.
By using −−dry−run, you can do all extraction steps except actually writing the output data: reading metadata and data chunks from the repo, checking the hash/hmac, decrypting, decompressing.
−−progress can be slower than no progress display, since it makes one additional pass over the archive metadata.
NOTE:
Currently, extract always writes into the current working directory ("."), so make sure you cd to the right place before calling borg extract.
When parent directories are not extracted (because of using file/directory selection or any other reason), borg can not restore parent directories' metadata, e.g. owner, group, permission, etc.
See borg−common(1) for common options of Borg commands.
ARCHIVE
archive to extract
PATH |
paths to extract; patterns are supported |
−−list |
output verbose list of items (files, dirs, ...) |
−n, −−dry−run
do not actually change any files
−−numeric−owner
deprecated, use −−numeric−ids instead
−−numeric−ids
only obey numeric user and group identifiers
−−nobsdflags
deprecated, use −−noflags instead
−−noflags
do not extract/set flags (e.g. NODUMP, IMMUTABLE)
−−noacls
do not extract/set ACLs
−−noxattrs
do not extract/set xattrs
−−stdout
write all extracted data to stdout
−−sparse
create holes in output sparse file from all−zero chunks
−e PATTERN, −−exclude PATTERN
exclude paths matching PATTERN
−−exclude−from EXCLUDEFILE
read exclude patterns from EXCLUDEFILE, one per line
−−pattern PATTERN
include/exclude paths matching PATTERN
−−patterns−from PATTERNFILE
read include/exclude patterns from PATTERNFILE, one per line
−−strip−components NUMBER
Remove the specified number of leading path elements. Paths with fewer elements will be silently skipped.
# Extract entire archive $ borg extract /path/to/repo::my−files # Extract entire archive and list files while processing $ borg extract −−list /path/to/repo::my−files # Verify whether an archive could be successfully extracted, but do not write files to disk $ borg extract −−dry−run /path/to/repo::my−files # Extract the "src" directory $ borg extract /path/to/repo::my−files home/USERNAME/src # Extract the "src" directory but exclude object files $ borg extract /path/to/repo::my−files home/USERNAME/src −−exclude '*.o' # Restore a raw device (must not be active/in use/mounted at that time) $ borg extract −−stdout /path/to/repo::my−sdx | dd of=/dev/sdx bs=10M
borg−common(1), borg−mount(1)
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