---
name: "rsyncrypto_recover"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "rsyncrypto"
version: "1.14-1.2+b2"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/rsyncrypto_recover"
---

# rsyncrypto\_recover(1)

recover all usable data from corrupted rsyncrypto filemaps

## NAME

rsyncrypto\_recover - recover all usable data from corrupted rsyncrypto filemaps

## SYNOPSIS

**rsyncrypto\_recover** *badfile* **\>** *goodfile*

## DESCRIPTION

This manual page documents the **rsyncrypto\_recover** command.

When the **rsyncrypto** command is used with the **--name-encrypt** command, a file containing the mapping from the plain text representation to the encrypted file names is formed. This file mapping has a strict format of records delimited by a NULL byte.

A bug introduced in version 1.07 or **rsyncrypto**, and solved in version 1.09, caused this file to be somewhat corrupted under certain circumstances, most notably the use of the **--delete-keys** command line option.

It is important to note that the only records corrupted are records that were due to be deleted anyways. **This bug did not result in any loss of actual important data.** It did, however, leave behind a file that **rsyncrypto** then refused to open.

**rsyncrypto\_recover** will read in a file map, and output to the standard output only those records that are valid.

## PARAMETERS

- *badfile*

  A file map that contains some good and some corrupted records.

## SEE ALSO

[**rsyncrypto**(1)](/rsyncrypto/1.md)

## AUTHOR

rsyncrypto was written by Shachar Shemesh for Lingnu Open Source Consulting ltd. http://www.lingnu.com

This manual page was written by Shachar Shemesh \<shachar@debian.org\>

## PROJECT HOMEPAGE

http://rsyncrypto.lingnu.com