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Date:      Mon, 14 Sep 2009 05:45:01 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Richard Mahlerwein <mahlerrd@yahoo.com>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, Chris Maness <chris@chrismaness.com>
Subject:   Re: Dump/Restore?
Message-ID:  <302285.41141.qm@web51010.mail.re2.yahoo.com>
In-Reply-To: <b2e0a4330909131850g134b21bx13e0b53816bedf70@mail.gmail.com>

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--- On Sun, 9/13/09, Chris Maness <chris@chrismaness.com> wrote:

>From: Chris Maness <chris@chrismaness.com>
=0A>Subject: Re: Dump/Restore?
=0A>To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
=0A>Date: Sunday, September 13, 2009, 9:50 PM
=0A>
=0A>On Sun, Sep 13, 2009 at 6:15 PM, Chris Maness <chris@chrismaness.com> w=
rote:
>> I level 0 dump of my server. =A0I lost a file that I need back. =A0Is it
>> possible to use restore like tar and explode it into a directory
>> instead of a pristine partition/mount? =A0Or 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.=A0 The restore does not seem to work from my mac (this is where
>my backup dumps reside as I have two massive HDs).=A0 I guess the mac
>restore would only work with HFS+ and not UFS.=A0 I guess the only way
>would be to move the massive dump file back over to the FreeBSD
>server.

=0AIf the dump was made on the mac, it's highly likely restore will need to=
 be run from the mac.=A0 If it was made on freebsd, you'll likely need to r=
un restore from freebsd.=A0 Assuming you run it from the appropriate place.=
.=A0=20

=0AI don't have my Mac handy to check it's man pages, but in FreeBSD I beli=
eve in it that it would be=20
=0A#restore -i -f <file>
=A0 or=20
#restore -i <device>
=0AThen use 'ls' and 'cd' to find the file you want.
=0A
=0AIn the "restore > : prompt you can=20
=0A"add <filename>"
=0Ato add it to the restore list.=A0 Works with folders, too.
=0A
=0A"extract"
=0Ato finally pull those out.
=0A
YMMV, so read the docs. I would suspect the Mac has similar options, though=
 can't confirm that at the moment.

-Rich
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