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docs: mention tar --compare (#5880)

docs: mention tar --compare (compare archive to fs files)
Dmitry Astapov 3 years ago
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 For more details, see :ref:`checkpoints_parts`.
 
+How can I compare contents of an archive to my local filesystem?
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+You can instruct ``export-tar`` to send a tar stream to the stdout, and
+then use ``tar`` to perform the comparison:
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+::
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+    borg export-tar /path/to/repo::archive-name - | tar --compare -f - -C /path/to/compare/to
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 .. _faq_corrupt_repo:
 
 My repository is corrupt, how can I restore from an older copy of it?