What is the archive format used by mongodump with "--archive" key? [duplicate]

Question

Is there a way to extract data from that archive without mongorestore?

Mavis

Duplicate of what is mongodb archive format?, which has a more thorough answer. – Diaghilev

@DanDascalescu thanks for the useful link! A "duplicate" is usually called something created later ) – Mavis

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Answer 1

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

Scotfree