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docs: mention tar --compare (compare archive to fs files)
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@ -230,6 +230,17 @@ all the part files and manually concatenate them together.
For more details, see :ref:`checkpoints_parts`.
How can I compare contents of an archive to my local filesystem?
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You can instruct ``export-tar`` to send a tar stream to the stdout, and
then use ``tar`` to perform the comparison:
::
borg export-tar /path/to/repo::archive-name - | tar --compare -f - -C /path/to/compare/to
.. _faq_corrupt_repo:
My repository is corrupt, how can I restore from an older copy of it?