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dump requires absolute path from within the repo

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Markus Kramer 2023-08-09 10:59:56 +02:00
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@ -156,6 +156,24 @@ e.g.:
$ restic -r /srv/restic-repo dump --path /production.sql latest production.sql | mysql
For a local repository, the "Directory" path can result in the error message ``cannot dump file: path "/home" not found in snapshot``
In this case, you can query the absolute path within the repository using the ```ls`` command:
.. code-block:: console
$ restic -r /srv/restic-repo ls latest /
enter password for repository:
snapshot 1541acae of [/home/other/work] filtered by [/] at 2023-08-09 04:00:03.533117139 +0200 CEST):
/work
and use the latter absolute path for the ``dump`` command:
.. code-block:: console
$ restic -r /srv/restic-repo dump latest /work/README.md
It is also possible to ``dump`` the contents of a whole folder structure to
stdout. To retain the information about the files and folders Restic will
output the contents in the tar (default) or zip format: