---
name: "bextract"
section: "8"
platform: "linux"
package: "bacula-sd"
version: "15.0.3-3"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/bextract"
---

# bextract(8)

Bacula's 'Extract from tape'

## NAME

 bextract - Bacula's 'Extract from tape'

## SYNOPSIS

**bextract** \[*options*\] *bacula-archive-device-name* *output-directory*\

## DESCRIPTION

This manual page documents briefly the **bextract** command.

## OPTIONS

A summary of options is included below.

- **-?**

  Show version and usage of program.

- **-b** *bootstrap*

  Specify a bootstrap file.

- **-c** *config*

  Specify configuration file.

- **-d** *nn*

  Set debug level to *nn*.

- **-dt**

  Print timestamp in debug output.

- **-e** *file*

  Specify exclude list.

- **-i** *file*

  Specify include list.

- **-p**

  Proceed in spite of I/O errors.

- **-t**

  Read data from volume, do not write anything

- **-v**

  Set verbose mode.

- **-V** *volume-name*

  Specify volume names.

## SEE ALSO

**bls**(1), **bextract**(1).\

## AUTHOR

This manual page was written by Jose Luis Tallon \<jltallon@adv-solutions.net\>.

## COPYRIGHT

This man page document is released under the BSD 2-Clause license.