From: Eric Bollengier <eric@eb.homelinux.org>
Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2007 20:48:15 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: ebl  first cup of documentation about file relocation
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ebl  first cup of documentation about file relocation
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diff --git a/docs/manual/restore.tex b/docs/manual/restore.tex
index 27be4355..33add485 100644
--- a/docs/manual/restore.tex
+++ b/docs/manual/restore.tex
@@ -586,10 +586,66 @@ The full list of possible command line arguments are:
    Volumes when specifying options 5 and 6 (restore current system,  and restore
    current system before given date). This permits you to  have several Pools,
    possibly one offsite, and to select the Pool to  be used for restoring.  
+\item {\bf where=/tmp/bacula-restore} -- restore files in {\bf where} directory.
 \item {\bf yes} -- automatically run the restore without prompting  for
    modifications (most useful in batch scripts). 
 \end{itemize}
 
+\label{restorefilerelocation}
+You can also do filename and path manipulations (need bacula 2.2.0 or later)
+like adding a suffix to all your files, rename files or directories etc. Theses
+options will overwrite {\bf where=} option. See \ref{filerelocation} for more
+informations and examples.
+
+\begin{itemize}
+\item {\bf strip\_prefix=/prod} -- remove a part of the filename when restoring.
+\item {\bf add\_prefix=/test} -- add a prefix to all files when restoring (like
+  where) (can't be used with {\bf where=}).
+\item {\bf add\_suffix=.old} -- add a suffix to all your files.
+\item {\bf regexwhere=!a.pdf!a.bkp.pdf!} -- do complex filename manipulation
+  like with sed unix command. Will overwrite other filename manipulation.
+\end{itemize}
+
+\section{Using File Relocation}
+\index[general]{Using File Relocation}
+\label{filerelocation}
+
+The \textbf{where=} option is simple, but not very powerful. With file
+relocation, bacula can restore a file in the same directory, but with a
+different name, or in an other directory without recreating the full path.
+
+For example, many users are using snapshot, \texttt{/home/eric/mbox} will be
+backuped as \texttt{/.snap/home/eric/mbox}. If you use \textbf{where=/tmp}, the
+file will be restored to \texttt{/tmp/.snap/home/eric/mbox} and you will have
+to move the file to \texttt{/home/eric/mbox.bkp} by hand. In this case,
+you can use \textbf{strip\_prefix=/.snap} and \textbf{add\_suffix=.bkp}
+options and bacula will do the job.
+
+To use this feature, your can \ref{restorefilerelocation} use restore command
+line options, or modify your restore job before running it.
+
+\begin{verbatim}
+Parameters to modify:
+     1: Level
+     2: Storage
+..
+    10: File Relocation
+..
+Select parameter to modify (1-12):
+
+
+This will replace your current Where value
+     1: Strip prefix
+     2: Add prefix
+     3: Add file suffix
+     4: Enter a regexp
+     5: Test filename manipulation
+     6: Use this ?
+Select parameter to modify (1-6):   
+\end{verbatim}
+
+TODO: add more example (change windows drive, sed test)
+
 \section{Restoring Directory Attributes}
 \index[general]{Attributes!Restoring Directory }
 \index[general]{Restoring Directory Attributes }