29 Apr
2007
29 Apr
'07
9:56 a.m.
Thanks, guys! I'm off to try this...wish me luck--the backup was
created with one of those "special" versions of 4.2BSD, called, I
think, UTek. So I've got my fingers crossed.
Only peripherally related, I asked Imation about replacement tension
belts for DC600A's. They responded that they'll try to find
something that will work, but that this is the first time that
they've ever had such a request. I find that incredible.
Cheers,
Chuck
On 29 Apr 2007 at 9:42, Rick Bensene wrote:
1. How does one LIST the contents (i.e. the files) on a volume create
by 4.2BSD backup? I don't want to restore them, just list them.
Lengths and dates would be nice, but not absolutely necessary.
# restore -tvf [tape device/file with backup image]
The -t option says to list the <t>able of contents. The -v option says
do so verbosely. The -f option specifies that the file or device for
the backup follows.
2. How does one restore the contents of the said level 0 backup
volume <to> a local directory? That is, the original was almost
certainly
backup up starting with /, but I don't want to overwrite my own file
system with restored data.
If you want to restore the whole thing to a local directory, do a mkdir
to make an empty directory, use "cd" to change into that directory, then
issue
# restore -xf [tape device/file with backup image]
If you want to see a listing of the files as they are being restored,
add a "v" option, e.g. restore -xvf [dev/file]. If you want to restore
individual files within the backup, you can use the <i>nteractive mode
to specify files:
# restore -ivf [dev/file]
This gives you a simple command shell that you can use to explore the
backup, and mark files for recovery, then one command which causes the
recovery of the files marked.
Rick Bensene
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