Title: Gzip files back into sql
Last modified: March 27, 2019

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# Gzip files back into sql

 *  Resolved [alberta26](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alberta26/)
 * (@alberta26)
 * [7 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/gzip-files-back-into-sql/)
 * Hi
 * I have given a flash drive with various files from an updraft backup. The database
   files have been loaded individually is there anyway I can group again please?
 * Thanks.

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 *  Plugin Contributor [bcrodua](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bcrodua/)
 * (@bcrodua)
 * [7 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/gzip-files-back-into-sql/#post-11366972)
 * Hi,
 * UpdraftPlus backups are split into different components – datadase, themes, plugins,
   uploads and others.
 * The backups are also ordinary zip files (the same format that WordPress and its
   plugins and themes directories use). The database is backed up into an ordinary
   SQL (text) file.
 * Regards,
    Bryle
 *  Thread Starter [alberta26](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alberta26/)
 * (@alberta26)
 * [7 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/gzip-files-back-into-sql/#post-11367145)
 * The problem is there were lots of backups done with updraft and then this was
   backup by all-in-one backup plugin (why I don’t know). To access the updraft 
   backups I had to unzip it I was able to upload the theme, upload, plugins and
   others. However, the only database backup was in 36 Gzip files i.e. db-table-
   wp_users.table.gz & db-table-wp_usermeta.table.gz there was no SQL (text) file.
   Given there are so many I was wondering if I could regroup them into sql (text)
   file. Otherwise, I will have to upload each via the Hosting companies php system.
 *  Plugin Author [David Anderson / Team Updraft](https://wordpress.org/support/users/davidanderson/)
 * (@davidanderson)
 * [7 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/gzip-files-back-into-sql/#post-11367297)
 * Those are intermediate files; if they’re on disk, then the UpdraftPlus backup
   wasn’t finished. When it finishes, it stiches them all together into one – if
   that hadn’t happened, then potentially you have an incomplete set of files.
 * If they are complete (i.e. you’re sure there’s one for every table that existed
   in the database), you can unzip them, concatenate them, and then zip the concatenate
   file back together.
 * David

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