https://linuxtransfer.com/tags/fileextraction/Recent content in Fileextraction on Linux SecurityHugoenWed, 07 Oct 2026 09:05:28 +0200https://linuxtransfer.com/post/2026-10-07-how-to-pull-a-single-file-from-a-borg-backup-/Wed, 07 Oct 2026 09:05:28 +0200https://linuxtransfer.com/post/2026-10-07-how-to-pull-a-single-file-from-a-borg-backup-/<h2 id="why-pull-a-single-file-from-a-borg-archive">Why pull a single file from a Borg archive?</h2> <p>When a configuration file or a database dump is corrupted, you often need only that one file, not the whole archive. Extracting the entire archive just to get a single file wastes bandwidth, CPU, and disk space—especially when the archive lives on a remote server or in a cloud bucket.</p> <p>Because Borg keeps the archive compressed and deduplicated, the cost of pulling a single file is proportional to the file’s size and the number of blocks it occupies. Below is a quick walk‑through for retrieving a single file efficiently, both locally and remotely, and piping the data through other tools for immediate processing or secure transfer.</p>