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Subject: Re: Restore command line options
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> > Have I missed some command line options here to avoide having to
> > answer the perms and volume questions?
>
> I don't think you have missed anything.  It is one of the little
> annoyances with dump/restore - which still do not add up to enough
> to overweigh the value of using them.

couldnt you use something like this
restore -x -f /home/backup/usr.level-1_dump 
local/mysql/var/DBDIRNAMEHERE <answers

It should work if you know the answers in advance
Look at man sh under redirection