From owner-freebsd-bugs Tue Aug 8 11:20: 4 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.FreeBSD.ORG [204.216.27.21]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 56D3537B5AE for ; Tue, 8 Aug 2000 11:20:02 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.9.3/8.9.2) id LAA60707; Tue, 8 Aug 2000 11:20:02 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Date: Tue, 8 Aug 2000 11:20:02 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <200008081820.LAA60707@freefall.freebsd.org> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Cc: From: Jon Masami Kuroda Subject: Re: bin/20445: restore(8) -r and -R don't use mktemp(3) Reply-To: Jon Masami Kuroda Sender: owner-freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org The following reply was made to PR bin/20445; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Jon Masami Kuroda To: Jon Masami Kuroda Cc: Sheldon Hearn , freebsd-gnats-submit@freebsd.org Subject: Re: bin/20445: restore(8) -r and -R don't use mktemp(3) Date: Tue, 08 Aug 2000 11:15:34 -0700 Someone in the office asked why I didnt just use "restore xf dumpfile" and it seems the question and answer is relevant enough to put in here as explanation for others: from FreeBSD restore(8) If a backup was made using more than one tape volume, restore will notify the user when it is time to mount the next volume. If the -x or -i flag has been specified, restore will also ask which volume the user wishes to mount. The fastest way to extract a few files is to start with the last volume, and work towards the first volume. For the purpose for which I used restore, this is annoying since I dont really want to have to type "1" or anything interactively to restore when I have a dozen or more fs's being cloned. Now granted I could use expect as an interactive wrapper, but I should be able to do this all with restore on it's own. Or maybe I'm just ultra-lazy. --Jon To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message