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.TH "REFDB\-RESTORE" "1" "12/22/2013" "February 26, 2005" "RefDB Manual"
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.SH "NAME"
refdb-restore \- RefDB tool: restore RefDB references, notes and styles
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.HP \w'\fBrefdb\-restore\fR\ 'u
\fBrefdb\-restore\fR [\-h] [\-u\ \fIuser\fR] [\-w\ \fIpwd\fR] \fIbackup\-archive\fR
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.PP
refdb\-restore is a tool for restoring RefDB(7) references, notes and styles\&. The backup archive must have been created by the companion tool
\fIrefdb\-backup\fR\&.
.PP
Before performing the restore all reference databases must be removed (archived) from /var/lib/refdb/db/\&. The system database in that directory (\*(Aqrefdb\*(Aq) must be recreated from the sql dump (see
\fIManual\fR)\&.
.SH "OPTIONS"
.PP
\fB\-h\fR
.RS 4
print help and exit
.RE
.PP
\fB\-u\fR \fIuser\fR
.RS 4
username for RefDB clients (refdba, refdbc) not required if clients are configured for automatic access
.RE
.PP
\fB\-w\fR \fIpwd\fR
.RS 4
password for RefDB clients (refdba, refdbc) not required if clients are configured for automatic access
.RE
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.PP
\fBRefDB\fR
(7),
\fBrefdb\-backup\fR
(1),
\fBrefdba\fR
(1),
\fBrefdbc\fR
(1)\&.
.PP
\fIRefDB manual (local copy) \fR
PREFIX/share/doc/refdb\-<version>/refdb\-manual/index\&.html
.PP
\fIRefDB manual (web) \fR
<\m[blue]\fBhttp://refdb\&.sourceforge\&.net/manual/index\&.html\fR\m[]>
.PP
\fIRefDB on the web \fR
<\m[blue]\fBhttp://refdb\&.sourceforge\&.net/\fR\m[]>
.SH "AUTHOR"
.PP
refdb\-restore was written by David Nebauer <david@nebauer\&.org>
.PP
This manual page was written by David Nebauer <david@nebauer\&.org> for the Debian project (but may be used by others)\&.