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How look at an individual file in the backups

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Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Newbie friendliness
20/100
Issue type
Documentation
Clarity
Needs clarification
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
php

Research direction

No files or tests are named. First determine whether the backup format supports extracting config.php without a running Nextcloud instance, then document the supported recovery steps and limitations in the project's documentation.

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Description

Somehow I lost just my config.php. I think the disk was full when the backup ran and now nothing works. Is there a way to extract the config.php from the last full backup without a working nextcloud instance?

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