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+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+
+# Copyright (C) 2016  The Software Heritage developers
+# See the AUTHORS file at the top-level directory of this distribution
+# License: GNU General Public License version 3, or any later version
+# See top-level LICENSE file for more information
+
+# Expected use:
+# find /srv/softwareheritage/objects/ -type f | \
+#    ./bin/swh-storage-backup-client \
+#    --remote-storage http://objstorage-backup:5000/ \
+#    --local-storage-path /tmp/storage \
+#    tee -a banco-backuped-content
+
+
+import click
+import os
+import sys
+
+from swh.core.hashutil import hex_to_hash
+from swh.objstorage.api.client import RemoteObjStorage
+from swh.objstorage.objstorage_pathslicing import PathSlicingObjStorage
+
+
+@click.command()
+@click.option('--remote-storage',
+              default='http://localhost:5000/',
+              help='Remote storage to use.')
+@click.option('--local-storage-path',
+              default='/tmp/storage',
+              help='Local storage')
+@click.option('--root-slicing',
+              default='0:2/2:4/4:6',
+              help='Local storage')
+def main(remote_storage, local_storage_path, root_slicing):
+    # Instantiate the remote obj storage client
+    client = RemoteObjStorage(remote_storage)
+    local_storage = PathSlicingObjStorage(local_storage_path, root_slicing)
+
+    # Will read the folder path from stdin and scan its files (content)
+    # Expects something like '/srv/softwareheritage/objects/00/00/ff/'
+    for filepath in sys.stdin:
+        filepath = filepath.rstrip()
+        obj_id_hex = os.path.basename(filepath)
+
+        obj_id = hex_to_hash(obj_id_hex)
+        try:
+            client.content_check(obj_id)
+        except:
+            # api raises exception when check fails (either not found
+            # or corruption)
+            pass
+        else:
+            continue  # skip known and correct content
+
+        # Deal with either unknown or incorrect content from
+        # the remote storage's standpoint
+
+        obj_content = local_storage.get(obj_id)
+        client.content_add(obj_content, obj_id)
+
+        print(obj_id_hex)
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    main()