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btrfs restore

Try to salvage files from a damaged btrfs filesystem. More information: https://btrfs.readthedocs.io/en/latest/btrfs-restore.html.

  • Restore all files from a btrfs filesystem to a given directory:

sudo btrfs restore path/to/btrfs_device path/to/target_directory

  • List (don’t write) files to be restored from a btrfs filesystem:

sudo btrfs restore --dry-run path/to/btrfs_device path/to/target_directory

  • Restore files matching a given regex (case-insensitive) files to be restored from a btrfs filesystem (all parent directories of target file(s) must match as well):

sudo btrfs restore --path-regex regex -c path/to/btrfs_device path/to/target_directory

  • Restore files from a btrfs filesystem using a specific root tree bytenr (see btrfs-find-root):

sudo btrfs restore -t bytenr path/to/btrfs_device path/to/target_directory

  • Restore files from a btrfs filesystem (along with metadata, extended attributes, and Symlinks), overwriting files in the target:

sudo btrfs restore --metadata --xattr --symlinks --overwrite path/to/btrfs_device path/to/target_directory

This document was created using the contents of the tldr project.