# Cannot restore backup from cli

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/cannot-restore-backup-from-cli/286803>\
**Category:** Self-hosting\
**Tags:** backups\
**Created:** [November 28, 2023, 4:10am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cannot-restore-backup-from-cli/286803 "2023-11-28T04:10:30Z")\
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**Post date:** [November 28, 2023, 4:59am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cannot-restore-backup-from-cli/286803/10 "2023-11-28T04:59:20Z")

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If this helps, `pigz` shows:

```plaintext
/blackiron-2022-12-03-163112-v20221201035918.tar.gz to <stdout> pigz: skipping: /blackiron-2022-12-03-163112-v20221201035918.tar.gz: corrupted -- incomplete deflate data

```

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