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Built systems/commands/RESTORE.php with three actions: list (shows top-level paths available in a given date's snapshot), verify (confirms ZIP is readable/intact), restore (extracts a specific file or directory from the snapshot and writes it back to the live server at the same path). Safety check confirmed working: attempting to restore over an already-existing live file returns status=confirm_required and refuses to proceed without explicit confirm=1. Full end-to-end proof: created a disposable test file, forced a fresh snapshot to include it, deleted the live file (confirmed 404), ran RESTORE.php, confirmed the file was back with byte-identical content. This closes the loop David asked about — the snapshot ZIP is a genuine complete copy of the live system, and RESTORE.php is the actual mechanism to pull something back out of it without manual FTP work. Clarified to David: this protects against file-level loss on the same server (deletion, bad CLEAN run, corruption) — it does not protect against total server/hosting loss, which would need off-site backup, a separate future conversation.