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Subject: Re: restore(1) dumpfile to directory rather than filesystem --
	possible? -- SOLVED
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> However, I don't have an actual live filesystem available to test this
> on....can I just restore to a directory on an existing fs to be sure?
> Is this even possible?

Never mind...to answer my own question, I had to use the "add" feature
in the interactive shell, i.e.:

$ restore -i -f dump
restore > add etc
restore > extract