---
name: "storeBackupRecover"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "storebackup"
version: "3.2.1-2"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/storeBackupRecover"
---

# storeBackupRecover(1)

recovers files saved with storeBackup.pl.

## NAME

storeBackupRecover.pl - recovers files saved with storeBackup.pl.

## SYNOPSIS

```
        storeBackupRecover.pl -r restore [-b root] -t targetDir [--flat]
                [-o] [--tmpdir] [--noHardLinks] [-p number] [-v] [-n]
                [--cpIsGnu] [--noGnuCp]
```

## OPTIONS

- **--restoreTree**, **-r**

  ```
      file or (part of) the tree to restore
      when restoring a file, the file name in the backup has
      to be used (eg. with compression suffix)
  ```

- **--backupRoot**, **-b**

  ```
      root of storeBackup tree, normally not needed
  ```

- **--targetDir**, **-t**

  ```
      directory for unpacking
  ```

- **--flat**

  ```
      do not create subdirectories
  ```

- **--overwrite**, **-o**

  ```
      overwrite existing files
  ```

- **--tmpdir**, **-T**

  ```
      directory for temporary file, default is <$tmpdir>
  ```

- **--noHardLinks**

  ```
      do not reconstruct hard links in restore tree
  ```

- **--noRestoreParallel**, **-p**

  ```
      max no of paralell programs to unpack, default is 12
      reduce this number if you are restoring blocked files
      and the system has insufficient RAM
  ```

- **--verbose**, **-v**

  ```
      print verbose messages
  ```

- **--noRestored**, **-n**

  ```
      print number of restored dirs, hardlinks, symlinks, files, ...
  ```

- **--noGnuCp**

  ```
      overwrite information in backup: you do not have gnucp
      installed
      (only relevant for sockets, block and character devices)
  ```

## COPYRIGHT

Copyright (c) 2002-2009,2012 by Heinz-Josef Claes (see README). Published under the GNU General Public License v3 or any later version