--- a/bin/ftbackup Fri Apr 29 12:12:09 2011 +0200
+++ b/bin/ftbackup Fri Apr 29 12:20:03 2011 +0200
@@ -755,8 +755,6 @@
=back
-
-
=head2 F<.netrc>
You may miss the login information for the FTP server. Currently we rely on a valid
@@ -764,6 +762,31 @@
machine ... login ... password ...
+
+=head1 RESTORE
+
+The files B<ftbackup> writes to the FTP server are "selfextracting"
+shell scripts. They contain a file header with some information. If you
+download such a file and run it as a shell script, you will get the
+instructions:
+
+=head3 EXAMPLE
+
+ -- ftp -- until you have a local copy of the dump file
+ $ sh ./2010-04-04T13:00.0
+
+or
+
+ $ ftpipe --get ftp://backupserver/dumps/_/2010-04-04T13:00.0 | sh
+
+NOTE: B<ftpipe> is a small tool for dumping FTP downloads into a pipe
+without storing them in the local file system. See at
+L<https://keller.schlittermann.de/hg/beta/ftpipe>.
+
+=head1 AUTHOR
+
+Heiko Schlittermann <hs@schlittermann.de>
+
=cut
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