Is there a way to extract data from that archive without mongorestore?
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1Duplicate of [what is mongodb archive format?](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/56512192/what-is-mongodb-archive-format), which has a more thorough answer. – Dan Dascalescu May 01 '20 at 14:12
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@DanDascalescu thanks for the useful link! A "duplicate" is usually called something created later ) – alex_1948511 May 03 '20 at 05:34
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[The SE policy](https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/147651/150034) on duplicates is based on [quality.](https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/240431/150034). – Dan Dascalescu May 03 '20 at 07:20
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It's a kind of custom tar multiplexed archive where the only spec is the code : https://github.com/mongodb/mongo-tools-common/blob/7c66b71dc6036ef84bf3c2c93cf2e50f730853fc/archive/archive.go
