From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Sep 14 06:47:42 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 636F41065676 for ; Mon, 14 Sep 2009 06:47:42 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from utisoft@googlemail.com) Received: from mail-yw0-f229.google.com (mail-yw0-f229.google.com [209.85.211.229]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 294648FC14 for ; Mon, 14 Sep 2009 06:47:42 +0000 (UTC) Received: by ywh18 with SMTP id 18so2299767ywh.3 for ; Sun, 13 Sep 2009 23:47:41 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: Received: by 10.216.87.135 with SMTP id y7mr39026wee.26.1252910860502; Sun, 13 Sep 2009 23:47:40 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <0016e6d7ea7bc68d970473840acb@google.com> Date: Mon, 14 Sep 2009 06:47:40 +0000 From: utisoft@googlemail.com To: Chris Maness , "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed; delsp=yes X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: Subject: Re: Re: Dump/Restore? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 14 Sep 2009 06:47:42 -0000 On 14 Sep 2009 02:50, Chris Maness wrote: > On Sun, Sep 13, 2009 at 6:15 PM, Chris Maness chris@chrismaness.com> > wrote: > > I level 0 dump of my server. I lost a file that I need back. Is it > > possible to use restore like tar and explode it into a directory > > instead of a pristine partition/mount? Or even better, is it possible > > to just extract a single file without exploding the whole tape dump? > > > > Sorry if the question seems stupid. > > > > Chris KQ6UP > > > Sorry, I was reading the restore man from my mac, and it was not as > clear. The restore does not seem to work from my mac (this is where > my backup dumps reside as I have two massive HDs). I guess the mac > restore would only work with HFS+ and not UFS. I guess the only way > would be to move the massive dump file back over to the FreeBSD > server. > Thanks, > Chris KQ6UP > _______________________________________________ Try using NFS or cat over ssh, something like $ ssh my_mac 'cat dumpfile' | restore -if - restore treats the file as a tape, so it doesn't pull any bytes until you ask it to. This should be the least network intensive way of doing it.... Good luck! Chris