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diff --git a/docs/usage/check.rst.inc b/docs/usage/check.rst.inc index 187172ffd..17d6cf492 100644 --- a/docs/usage/check.rst.inc +++ b/docs/usage/check.rst.inc @@ -59,9 +59,12 @@ Second, the consistency and correctness of the archive metadata is verified: - Check if archive metadata chunk is present. if not, remove archive from manifest. - For all files (items) in the archive, for all chunks referenced by these - files, check if chunk is present (if not and we are in repair mode, replace - it with a same-size chunk of zeros). This requires reading of archive and - file metadata, but not data. + files, check if chunk is present. + If a chunk is not present and we are in repair mode, replace it with a same-size + replacement chunk of zeros. + If a previously lost chunk reappears (e.g. via a later backup) and we are in + repair mode, the all-zero replacement chunk will be replaced by the correct chunk. + This requires reading of archive and file metadata, but not data. - If we are in repair mode and we checked all the archives: delete orphaned chunks from the repo. - if you use a remote repo server via ssh:, the archive check is executed on |