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| author | Chen Yufei <cyfdecyf@gmail.com> | 2022-01-20 09:04:15 +0800 |
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| committer | GitHub <noreply@github.com> | 2022-01-20 02:04:15 +0100 |
| commit | 7e746e10e7f5236400e9a10674392b6bd138bbd3 (patch) | |
| tree | e2d200ff5c39802e00c00f3f66796868a9fba57e /docs/usage | |
| parent | 45ef118aa69c69c3e0bc15b6796a4e998a529473 (diff) | |
docs: excluded parent dir's metadata can't restore. (#6062)
docs: if parent dir is not extracted, we do not have its metadata
Diffstat (limited to 'docs/usage')
| -rw-r--r-- | docs/usage/extract.rst.inc | 6 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | docs/usage/help.rst.inc | 6 |
2 files changed, 11 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/docs/usage/extract.rst.inc b/docs/usage/extract.rst.inc index 76e3e70b2..474dbe7d3 100644 --- a/docs/usage/extract.rst.inc +++ b/docs/usage/extract.rst.inc @@ -118,4 +118,8 @@ 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``.
\ No newline at end of file + 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. diff --git a/docs/usage/help.rst.inc b/docs/usage/help.rst.inc index c636b7c03..a77816458 100644 --- a/docs/usage/help.rst.inc +++ b/docs/usage/help.rst.inc @@ -167,6 +167,12 @@ Examples:: a directory, it won't recurse into it and won't discover any potential matches for include rules below that directory. + .. note:: + + It's possible that a sub-directory/file is matched while parent directories are not. + In that case, parent directories are not backed up thus their user, group, permission, + etc. can not be restored. + Note that the default pattern style for ``--pattern`` and ``--patterns-from`` is shell style (`sh:`), so those patterns behave similar to rsync include/exclude patterns. The pattern style can be set via the `P` prefix. |