Restores a course from an available archive.

  RESTORE COURSE <courseidentifier> IN <categoryidentifier> FROM <source> HAVING
  shortname: <shortname>
  fullname: <fullname>
  summary: <summary>
  idnumber: <idnumber>
  visible: <visible>
  order: last

Minimal instruction:

  RESTORE COURSE FROM FILE <filepath> IN <categoryidentifier> HAVING
  shortname: <shortname>
  fullname: <fullname>

  RESTORE COURSE idnumber:Gabarit IN idnumber:CAT_NOUVEAUX_COURS FROM backup HAVING
  summary: A new course to restore from an existing archive
  idnumber: COPIEDECOURS
  shortname: COPIEDECOURS
  fullname: :coursefullname
  visible: 1

  RESTORE COURSE FROM FILE /var/archives/moodle/gabarit_de_cours.mbz IN id:32 HAVING
  shortname: COPIEDECOURS
  fullname: :coursefullname

• RESTORE COURSE shortname:GABARIT IN idnumber:CAT_NOUVEAU_COURS

• courseidentifier: A course identifier that holds a restorable archive.
• categoryidentifier: A course category identifier where the course is to be restored
• source: An identification of the source that holds the backup. In the general case this is “course”, or the name of a plugin hosting its own course backups (such as “publishflow” for example).
• filepath: The path to a Moodle archive stored locally on the server disk.
• fullname (required): Full name of the course.
• shortname (required): Short name of the course.

• visible : 1

At the end of the restore, sets the current course identifier (courseid) to the restored course and the current category identifier to the target category (coursecatid).

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