Comments on: mongorestore: ERROR: root directory must be a dump of a single collection when specifying a collection name with –collection http://dwiel.net/blog/mongorestore-error-root-directory-must-be-a-dump-of-a-single-collection-when-specifying-a-collection-name-with-collection/ Repository of code snippits and ideas Sun, 25 Mar 2012 23:41:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Oshoma Momoh http://dwiel.net/blog/mongorestore-error-root-directory-must-be-a-dump-of-a-single-collection-when-specifying-a-collection-name-with-collection/comment-page-1/#comment-865 Oshoma Momoh Sun, 18 Mar 2012 18:31:25 +0000 http://dwiel.net/?p=195#comment-865 Thanks for this, your example worked for me in restoring a single collection from a dump. mongorestore -c users --drop -d my-database ./my-database/users.bson osh Thanks for this, your example worked for me in restoring a single collection from a dump.

mongorestore -c users –drop -d my-database ./my-database/users.bson

osh

]]> By: Jesse Clark http://dwiel.net/blog/mongorestore-error-root-directory-must-be-a-dump-of-a-single-collection-when-specifying-a-collection-name-with-collection/comment-page-1/#comment-355 Jesse Clark Thu, 21 Oct 2010 00:49:09 +0000 http://dwiel.net/?p=195#comment-355 Actually if you do: mongorestore -d db ../backups/1/db it will restore the whole db. Actually if you do:
mongorestore -d db ../backups/1/db
it will restore the whole db.

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