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Why, when I restore 1 file, dar report 3 files have been restored?

April 26, 2017DAR file files report restore restored

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Why, when I restore 1 file, dar report 3 files have been restored?

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if you restore for example the file usr/bin/emacs dar will first restore usr (if the directory already exists, it will get its date and ownership restored, all existing files will be preserved), then /usr/bin is restored, and last usr/bin/emacs is restored. Thus 3 inodes have been restored or modified while only one file has been asked for restoration.