---
name: "gm-restore_data"
section: "8"
platform: "linux"
package: "gnumed-server"
version: "22.31-1"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/gm-restore_data"
---

# gm-restore\_data(8)

restoring data into an empty GNUmed database

## NOTE

*Deprecated in favour of [gm-restore(8)](/gm-restore/8.md).*

## NAME

**gm-restore\_data** - restoring data into an empty GNUmed database

## SYNOPSIS

**gm-restore\_database** *\<target database\>* *\<backup file\>*

*\<target database\>:* a GNUmed database (such as "gnumed\_v20")

*\<backup file\>:* a data-only GNUmed database backup file (such as "backup-gnumed\_vX-\*-data\_only.tar.bz2")

## DESCRIPTION

The **gm-restore\_database** script tries to restore a GNUmed database from a data-only backup. It tries to be very conservative. It is intended for interactive use by root and may have to be adjusted to your needs.

## KNOWN PROBLEMS

Note that for some reason restoring does not work when the backup file you intend to restore is a link to the actual backup. Use the full path instead.

## SEE ALSO

[gm-restore(8)](/gm-restore/8.md)

[gm-backup(8)](/gm-backup/8.md)

/etc/gnumed/gnumed-restore.conf

## AUTHOR

This manual page was written by Karsten Hilbert, for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others).