Restoring svn backup (bzip2)

Question

I have successfully made backup of my SVN repository as described here. However, how does one restores backed-up repository, i.e. initiate reverse operation of restoring backup, because after command:
svnadmin dump /opt/repositories/TestRepo | bzip2 >> bckRepo_Test.bz2 file ueBckRepo_Test.bz2 is created. After bunzip2-ing it, I simply get file ueBckRepoTest in current dir, how do I then extract svn repository (dir structure with ALL FILES in it)?

Answer 1

I've managed to finish the task:

1. Create new repository using svnadmin create command
2. Extract compressed file contents using
   bzip2 -dc repoBackup.bz2 | svnadmin load /path/to/newly_created_repository

Answer 2

To import the dump file, make sure it’s an existing repository. If the repository is unavailable, use svnadmin create /path/to/repository as you noted above.

But note, you don’t have to import the dump file in the same SVN repository path. Use the following command:

svnadmin load /path/to/repository < svnexport.dump