Restore
Wizard
Run the app via command line:
arck
Choose option 3
3. Restore an archive
Provide path to the metadata file (the file ending in .m)
Ensure the metadata file is in the same directory with the part files
If you do not give an output directory, the default will be used: current working directory.
The directory/file will be restored to original state.
Command Line
arck -x /path/to/file.m -d /path/to/restore/
Supported flags:
--skip
Extract Technical
Following process is followed during extraction:
- Checks metadata file exists (if metadata file missing, (read this)[metadata.md])
- Checks user-defined output directory exists. If not specify, working directory used as default
- Checks checksums of parts against metadata file
- Deletes any damaged parts - these are now useless and can cause issues restoring
- Erasure coding integrity checks
- Combination of parts
- Temp archive created by extracting parts, which is extracted then deleted
Directory structure restored.