Files in trashbin NOT to delete

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Summary of the issue you are facing:

In trashbin I see many files which should NOT be deleted.
To preserve these files I want to restore these files, preferrable to another (temp) location.
Which commands do I have to use in the CLI?

Best regards,
Marianne

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If you search the documentation for the occ command, this can be used on CLI to restore files.

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occ trashbin:restore --help

grafik
grafik1247×400 17.4 KB

looks like there is no option to restore to a temporary location… seems like you can only restore to the original location

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I think you are making a small mistake. Backup and Restore are important for a Nextcloud. These also should include the documents in the recycle bin. If you want to keep documents even longer, you should also keep the standard backup longer, which contains both the documents available in Nextcloud and the documents deleted in Nextcloud. Explain your backup and restore strategy.

You can find all files in /path/to/nextcloud/data/username ( files_trashbin) and /path/to/nextcloud/data/__groupfolders (trash). Hopefully you backup full /path/to/nextcloud/data including trashbins. Bear in mind that files deleted from the Nextcloud trashbin via Nextcloud can no longer be restored via Nextcloud mechanisms. You will then have to manually upload the files from the backup path to Nextcloud again.

You can make incremental backups for minimize your backup space.

Hint:
Files that may still be needed in Nextcloud should be moved to other folders such as e.g. self created /Archive directory with full Nextcloud function.

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