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On Thu, 6 Dec 2001, Michael Silver wrote:

> So how do I remove them from the backup tape??  I would imagine this is not
> possible?

Are you restoring over an installed drive? That is, do the files that
cause the complaints already exist? If so, you can use chflags to remove
the flags on those files and then the "-u" restore flag as Stephen Hilton
mentioned to overwrite the files.




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