Date: Wed, 3 Sep 1997 13:36:10 +0930 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: Gianmarco Giovannelli <gmarco@giovannelli.it> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: a c at the place of x (tar error) Message-ID: <19970903133610.20557@lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <3.0.3.32.19970902224720.007e6b50@giovannelli.it>; from Gianmarco Giovannelli on Tue, Sep 02, 1997 at 10:47:20PM %2B0200 References: <3.0.3.32.19970902224720.007e6b50@giovannelli.it>
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On Tue, Sep 02, 1997 at 10:47:20PM +0200, Gianmarco Giovannelli wrote: > > I have done an error with a tape with a tar backup on it. > I want to restore a lot of data but instead of the x (xzv) I used the c > (czv) as option ... For the next time: set write protect. > Now I am not able to restore anything from this tape even if I suddenly > break the wrong command... (so a lot of data are still on the tape..). May > I do something to recover at least some files ? It's a problem. Even though you stopped the command quickly, you have written a partial archive, followed by two tape marks. The tape driver will not skip past these marks, which signify that nothing more is present on the tape. On the other hand, it's obvious that there are exceptions to this rule. I'm copying -hackers on this one; possibly somebody will consider it a good idea to have an exceptional way of skipping past the tape marks. Greg
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