Date: Thu, 2 Mar 2000 15:17:24 -0800 (PST) From: <keith@mail.telestream.com> To: Oscar Ricardo Silva <oscars@mail.utexas.edu> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: How to restore from a tape using tar? Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.10.10003021515350.28864-100000@mail.telestream.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.10.10003021513200.28551-100000@mail.telestream.com>
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Forgot to mention that restore will allow you to just add what files from the dump that you would like to restore. Once in restore you can ls cd and things like that. ls to see the files and then do an add <filename> to add it to the list of files you would like to restore then extract them back to your system. Keith ================================= I here by change the name of RedHat to RedSplat. Keith W. At the helm <for better or worse> ================================= On Thu, 2 Mar 2000 keith@mail.telestream.com wrote: > Just my .02 worth. > I would think that dump would be a far better option for doing the backup > as well as the restore. Using 'restore' you can place things in a differnt > location just by being in a different location when you issue the restore > -i command. > Do something like this. > dump -0auf /dev/st0 / > then to restore it change to what ever location you want and do something > like this. > mt -f /dev/st0 rewind <if non rewinding device> > restore -i /dev/st0 > > Works great. > > ================================= > I here by change the name > of RedHat to RedSplat. > > Keith W. > At the helm <for better or worse> > ================================= > > > On Thu, 2 Mar 2000, Oscar Ricardo Silva wrote: > > > I have a computer running FreeBSD 3.4 with a scsi hard drive, cd and tape > > drive. I recently attempted to run a backup of the system with the command: > > > > tar -cvf /dev/st0 / > > > > which should've backed up the entire system. I was able to run: > > > > tar -tf /dev/st0 > /FullBackupTOC.txt > > > > and successfully created a table of contents for the tape. > > > > I now want to test whether I can properly restore files from this tape but > > I want to restore them to a different location than they were (so that I > > don't accidentally erase anything). I'm not sure what the syntax for tar > > would be to accomplish this. > > > > Any suggestions/ideas? > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > Oscar > > > > > > > > "Don't believe the hype" > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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