Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2008 02:23:29 -0700 From: cpghost <cpghost@cordula.ws> To: C Thala <cthala@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: restore(1) dumpfile to directory rather than filesystem -- possible? -- SOLVED Message-ID: <20080129092329.GA77994@epia-2.farid-hajji.net> In-Reply-To: <77647f500801281525n534573d6ub3b1794eb947ffbd@mail.gmail.com> References: <77647f500801281525n534573d6ub3b1794eb947ffbd@mail.gmail.com>
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On Mon, Jan 28, 2008 at 06:25:32PM -0500, C Thala wrote: > > 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 If you want to test the *entire* dump file, you can also use -r. Just make an empty directory somewhere, cd(1) into it, and restore the dump there: % mkdir /path/to/new/dir % cd /path/to/new/dir % restore -r -f /path/to/old/dumpfile -cpghost. -- Cordula's Web. http://www.cordula.ws/
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