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Better explain where to find the dump file when doing a manual restore (#510).

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Reviewed-on: https://projects.torsion.org/borgmatic-collective/borgmatic/pulls/510
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Dan Helfman 2022-05-20 16:33:21 +00:00
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@ -210,9 +210,18 @@ to exclude are `/dev` and `/run`, but that may not be exhaustive.
If you prefer to restore a database without the help of borgmatic, first
[extract](https://torsion.org/borgmatic/docs/how-to/extract-a-backup/) an
archive containing a database dump, and then manually restore the dump file
found within the extracted `~/.borgmatic/` path (e.g. with `pg_restore`,
`mysql`, or `mongorestore`, commands).
archive containing a database dump.
The dump file can then be found in the extracted destination path within the
`~/.borgmatic/` directory. The `~` here corresponds to the HOME directory of
the user with whom you created the backup. For example, if you created the
backup with the `root` user, then the dump will be in
`EXTRACTED_DESTINATION_PATH/root/.borgmatic`. This also means you will have
to backup the HOME directory of that user you use to run `borgmatic create`
(otherwise there the dump file will not be available).
You can then use the dump file to manually restore it using the native database
commands like `pg_restore`, `mysql`, `mongorestore` or similar.
## Preparation and cleanup hooks