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.TH MONGORESTORE 1 "Jul 18, 2016"
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.SH NAME
mongorestore \- restore backups generated with mongodump(1)
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B mongorestore
.RI [ options "] [" "directory or file to restore" ]

.SH DESCRIPTION
The \fBmongorestore\fP program allows restoring backups obtained using
\fBmongodump\fP(1) into a running MongoDB instance. By default it will restore
all data in the specified file or directory, but limitting by database and
collection is possible.

.SH OPTIONS
See \fBmongorestore --help\fP for a list supported options and their
descriptions.

.SH SEE ALSO
.BR mongodump (1)

The full documentation of \fBmongorestore\fP can be found at
https://docs.mongodb.com/manual/reference/program/mongorestore/.

.SH AUTHOR
\fBmongorestore\fP was written by MongoDB, Inc. and is licensed under the Apache
License, Version 2.0.

This manpage was written by Apollon Oikonomopoulos <apoikos@debian.org> for the
Debian project (but may be used by others).