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The recitalrestore utility is is used to restore a backup archive created using the [[recitaldump]] command. The recitaldump command can be used to create a machine independent backup of a database or directory which is restored onto a target system using recitalrestore.
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The [[recitalrestore]] utility is is used to restore a backup archive created using the [[recitaldump]] command. The recitaldump command can be used to create a machine independent backup of a database or directory which is restored onto a target system using recitalrestore.
  
It takes the following arguments.
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Note:  recitalrestore must be run as root.  For systems with a hidden root account, please precede commands with '''sudo'''.
 
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'''Note:  recitalrestore must be run as root.  For systems with a hidden root account, please precede commands with ’sudo’.'''
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The recitalrestore command takes the following arguments.
 
==== --help  ====
 
==== --help  ====
 
Using the ''--help'' or ''-h'' argument  will display a list of arguments for all the services.
 
Using the ''--help'' or ''-h'' argument  will display a list of arguments for all the services.
  
<code lang="bash">
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<pre>
 
  recitalrestore --help
 
  recitalrestore --help
</code>
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</pre>
 
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==== -i infile ====
 
==== -i infile ====
Specify the input backup file that was created from [[recitaldump]] to restore from.
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Specify the input backup file that was created from [[recitaldump]] to restore from.  If the backup is of a directory, the full path name of the backup file must be specified.
  
<code lang="bash">
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<pre>
  recitalrestore -i southwind.tar.gz
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  recitalrestore -i /tmp/application.tar.gz
</code>
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</pre>
  
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For a database, only the file name need be given.
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<pre>
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recitalrestore -i southwind.tar.gz
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</pre>
 
====[ -q ]====
 
====[ -q ]====
Run in quiet mode..  
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Run in quiet mode.
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<pre>
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recitalrestore -i southwind.tar.gz -q
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</pre>
 
====[ -v ]====
 
====[ -v ]====
 
Run in verbose mode.
 
Run in verbose mode.
  
<code lang="bash">
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<pre>
 
  recitalrestore -i southwind.tar.gz -v
 
  recitalrestore -i southwind.tar.gz -v
</code>
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</pre>

Latest revision as of 17:36, 15 March 2010

The recitalrestore utility is is used to restore a backup archive created using the recitaldump command. The recitaldump command can be used to create a machine independent backup of a database or directory which is restored onto a target system using recitalrestore.

Note: recitalrestore must be run as root. For systems with a hidden root account, please precede commands with sudo.

The recitalrestore command takes the following arguments.

--help

Using the --help or -h argument will display a list of arguments for all the services.

 recitalrestore --help

-i infile

Specify the input backup file that was created from recitaldump to restore from. If the backup is of a directory, the full path name of the backup file must be specified.

 recitalrestore -i /tmp/application.tar.gz

For a database, only the file name need be given.

 recitalrestore -i southwind.tar.gz

[ -q ]

Run in quiet mode.

 recitalrestore -i southwind.tar.gz -q

[ -v ]

Run in verbose mode.

 recitalrestore -i southwind.tar.gz -v