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borg extract
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borg [common options] extract [options] NAME [PATH...]
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| **positional arguments** |
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| | ``NAME`` | specify the archive name |
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| | ``PATH`` | paths to extract; patterns are supported |
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| **options** |
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| | ``--list`` | output verbose list of items (files, dirs, ...) |
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| | ``-n``, ``--dry-run`` | do not actually change any files |
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| | ``--numeric-ids`` | only obey numeric user and group identifiers |
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| | ``--noflags`` | do not extract/set flags (e.g. NODUMP, IMMUTABLE) |
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| | ``--noacls`` | do not extract/set ACLs |
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| | ``--noxattrs`` | do not extract/set xattrs |
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| | ``--stdout`` | write all extracted data to stdout |
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| | ``--sparse`` | create holes in output sparse file from all-zero chunks |
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| | ``--continue`` | continue a previously interrupted extraction of same archive |
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| :ref:`common_options` |
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| **Include/Exclude options** |
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| | ``-e PATTERN``, ``--exclude PATTERN`` | exclude paths matching PATTERN |
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| | ``--exclude-from EXCLUDEFILE`` | read exclude patterns from EXCLUDEFILE, one per line |
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| | ``--pattern PATTERN`` | include/exclude paths matching PATTERN |
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| | ``--patterns-from PATTERNFILE`` | read include/exclude patterns from PATTERNFILE, one per line |
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| | ``--strip-components NUMBER`` | Remove the specified number of leading path elements. Paths with fewer elements will be silently skipped. |
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NAME
specify the archive name
PATH
paths to extract; patterns are supported
options
--list output verbose list of items (files, dirs, ...)
-n, --dry-run do not actually change any files
--numeric-ids only obey numeric user and group identifiers
--noflags do not extract/set flags (e.g. NODUMP, IMMUTABLE)
--noacls do not extract/set ACLs
--noxattrs do not extract/set xattrs
--stdout write all extracted data to stdout
--sparse create holes in output sparse file from all-zero chunks
--continue continue a previously interrupted extraction of same archive
:ref:`common_options`
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Include/Exclude options
-e PATTERN, --exclude PATTERN exclude paths matching PATTERN
--exclude-from EXCLUDEFILE read exclude patterns from EXCLUDEFILE, one per line
--pattern PATTERN include/exclude paths matching PATTERN
--patterns-from PATTERNFILE read include/exclude patterns from PATTERNFILE, one per line
--strip-components NUMBER Remove the specified number of leading path elements. Paths with fewer elements will be silently skipped.
Description
~~~~~~~~~~~
This command extracts the contents of an archive. By default the entire
archive is extracted but a subset of files and directories can be selected
by passing a list of ``PATHs`` as arguments. The file selection can further
be restricted by using the ``--exclude`` option.
For more help on include/exclude patterns, see the :ref:`borg_patterns` command output.
By using ``--dry-run``, you can do all extraction steps except actually writing the
output data: reading metadata and data chunks from the repo, checking the hash/hmac,
decrypting, decompressing.
``--progress`` can be slower than no progress display, since it makes one additional
pass over the archive metadata.
.. note::
Currently, extract always writes into the current working directory ("."),
so make sure you ``cd`` to the right place before calling ``borg extract``.
When parent directories are not extracted (because of using file/directory selection
or any other reason), borg can not restore parent directories' metadata, e.g. owner,
group, permission, etc.