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Android adb pull all files as tar
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pull.sh
adb exec-out 'tar --dereference --create --exclude=sdcard/Android/data/com.spotify.music/ \
sdcard/ 2>/sdcard/backup-errors.txt' | \
dd of=backup-$(date +%Y%m%d).tar && \
adb shell cat /sdcard/backup-errors.txt
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I'm curious if it's possible to restore the tarball using exec-in. 🤔

Unless there are file permission issues, why not? Something like this should be possible (disclaimer, the command has not been tested):

dd if=backup-file.tar | \
adb exec-in 'tar xpvf -  2>/sdcard/restore-errors.txt' && \
adb shell cat /sdcard/restore-errors.txt

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