Pydbk consists of a python module pydbk.py
and a command line tool pydbk_cli.py
.
Install using pip:
pip install pydbk
Extract a .dbk archive:
pydbk path/to/file.dbk destination/dir
If no destination is specified, pydbk will create a directory ./extracted
:
pydbk path/to/file.dbk
Get help:
pydbk --help
usage: pydbk [-h] [-v] [-c] [-d] [-t] source [destination]
Pydbk: A Python tool to extract .dbk archives.
positional arguments:
source source file to extract files from (.dbk)
destination destination directory to extract files to
options:
-h, --help show this help message and exit
-v, --verbose verbose mode (print detailed output)
-c, --check check if .dbk archive is complete
-d, --dry-run run program without writing files to the destination
-t, --mod-time do not overwrite modification date of extracted files
A DBK file is a mobile phone backup file created by Sony Ericsson PC Suite, a program used to manage Sony Ericsson mobile phones. It contains multiple Zip-compression files that store various phone information such as the names and phone numbers of contacts. DBK files are used to back up phone information in the event that the phone is lost or broken. (fileinfo.com)