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@ -46,13 +46,13 @@ also tells us that only 1.200 GiB was added to the repository. This means that
some of the data was duplicate and restic was able to efficiently reduce it.
We just attached the absolute path ``~/work`` to the backup, so the path
within the repository is ``/home/user/work``, depending on your user name.
within the snapshot is ``/home/user/work``.
If we attach a relative path ``work``, the path within the repository is ``/work``.
If we attach a relative path ``work``, the path within the snaphot is ``/work``.
For example ``restic backup work`` run from ``/home/user`` crates a snapshot
with a attached path ``/home/user/work`` that contains the path ``/work``
within the repository. This path-related discrepancy applies to each command
For example ``restic backup work`` run from ``/home/user`` creates a snapshot
with a directory ``/home/user/work`` that contains the path ``/work``
within the snapshot. This path-related discrepancy applies to each command
that tries to access data within a snapshot. You can lookup the paths within
a repository using the ``ls latest /`` command.

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@ -156,12 +156,12 @@ e.g.:
$ restic -r /srv/restic-repo dump --path /production.sql latest production.sql | mysql
This example assumes you attached an absolute path, which means it coincides with the
path within the repository.
This example assumes you ran a backup using an absolute path, which coincides with the
path within the snaphots.
See https://restic.readthedocs.io/en/stable/040_backup.html#backing-up for the difference
between attached path and path within the repository.
between the path used to create the repository and the paths within the snaphots.
If you attached a relative path, the ``dump`` command would look like:
If you ran a backup using the relative path ``work/``, the ``dump`` command would look like:
.. code-block:: console
@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ If you attached a relative path, the ``dump`` command would look like:
If dump results in the error message ``cannot dump file: path "/home" not found in snapshot``
first double check you used the path within the repository, using the ``ls latest /`` command,
first double check you used the path within the snaphot, using the ``ls latest /`` command,
which for the repository above results in:
.. code-block:: console