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Cannot extract to specific folder #377

Closed misterch0c closed 8 years ago

misterch0c commented 8 years ago

I created a backup like this:

attic create backup.attic::my-backup /home/unkn0wn/stufftobackup

And I want to restore it in another folder like:

attic extract backup.attic::my-backup /home/unkn0wn/somefolder

When I run this I get asked for my passphrase and then the program returns. If I run the same command without /home/unkn0wn/somefolder then the file gets extracted in the original folder... Am I doing something wrong? I'm on Archlinux and got the package from the AUR

ThomasWaldmann commented 8 years ago

That's not how it works, it is attic extract repo::archive [path_of_something_in_the_archive].

You can not give a target folder, but you can cd into any folder you like before calling attic.

You may want to combine this with --strip-components.

See attic extract --help.

If you only need a few files/directories, you could also use attic mount and a file manager for simplicity.

misterch0c commented 8 years ago

I see, I didn't understand it that way, thank you.