1BTRFS-RESTORE(8)                 Btrfs Manual                 BTRFS-RESTORE(8)
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NAME

6       btrfs-restore - try to restore files from a damaged btrfs filesystem
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SYNOPSIS

10       btrfs restore [options] <device> <path> | -l <device>
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DESCRIPTION

13       btrfs restore is used to try to salvage files from a damaged filesystem
14       and restore them into <path> or just list the subvolume tree roots. The
15       filesystem image is not modified.
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17       If the filesystem is damaged and cannot be repaired by the other tools
18       (btrfs-check(8) or btrfs-rescue(8)), btrfs restore could be used to
19       retrieve file data, as far as the metadata are readable. The checks
20       done by restore are less strict and the process is usually able to get
21       far enough to retrieve data from the whole filesystem. This comes at a
22       cost that some data might be incomplete or from older versions if
23       they’re available.
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25       There are several options to attempt restoration of various file
26       metadata type. You can try a dry run first to see how well the process
27       goes and use further options to extend the set of restored metadata.
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29       For images with damaged tree structures, there are several options to
30       point the process to some spare copy.
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33           It is recommended to read the following btrfs wiki page if your
34           data is not salvaged with default option:
35           https://btrfs.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/Restore
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OPTIONS

38       -s|--snapshots
39           get also snapshots that are skipped by default
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45           restore owner, mode and times for files and directories
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50       -i|--ignore-errors
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53       -o|--overwrite
54           overwrite directories/files in <path>, eg. for repeated runs
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56       -t <bytenr>
57           use <bytenr> to read the root tree
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59       -f <bytenr>
60           only restore files that are under specified subvolume root pointed
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63       -u|--super <mirror>
64           use given superblock mirror identified by <mirror>, it can be 0,1
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67       -r|--root <rootid>
68           only restore files that are under a specified subvolume whose
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77       -D|--dry-run
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80       --path-regex <regex>
81           restore only filenames matching a regular expression (regex(7))
82           with a mandatory format
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86           The format is not very comfortable and restores all files in the
87           directories in the whole path, so this is not useful for restoring
88           single file in a deep hierarchy.
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93       -v|--verbose
94           (deprecated) alias for global -v option
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EXIT STATUS

102       btrfs restore returns a zero exit status if it succeeds. Non zero is
103       returned in case of failure.
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AVAILABILITY

106       btrfs is part of btrfs-progs. Please refer to the btrfs wiki
107       http://btrfs.wiki.kernel.org for further details.
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SEE ALSO

110       mkfs.btrfs(8), btrfs-rescue(8), btrfs-check(8)
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