restor \- incremental file system restore
is used to read magtapes dumped with the
specifies what is to be done.
as the name of the tape instead
is read and loaded into the file system
This should not be done lightly (see below).
asks which tape of a multi volume set to start on.
This allows restor to be interrupted and then
.I icheck \-s must be done before restart).
The file name has all `mount' prefixes removed;
for example, /usr/bin/lpr is named /bin/lpr on the tape.
The file extracted is placed in a file with a numeric name
(actually the inode number).
In order to keep the amount of tape read to a minimum,
the following procedure is recommended:
Mount volume 1 of the set of dump tapes.
will announce whether or not it found the files,
give the number it will name the file, and rewind the tape.
asks you to `mount the desired tape volume'.
Type the number of the volume you choose.
multivolume dump the recommended procedure is to mount the
last through the first volume in that order.
checks to see if any of the files requested are on the
mounted tape (or a later tape, thus the reverse order) and doesn't
read through the tape if no files are.
If you are working with a single volume dump or the number of files
being restored is large, respond to the query with `1' and
will read the tapes in sequential order.
If you have a hierarchy to restore you can use dumpdir(1)
to produce the list of names and a shell script to move
the resulting files to their homes.
Print the date the tape was written and the date
the filesystem was dumped from.
option should only be used to restore
a complete dump tape onto a clear file system
or to restore an incremental dump tape onto this.
is a typical sequence to restore a complete dump.
can be done to get an incremental dump
change the size of a file system.
default tape unit varies with installation
dump(1), mkfs(1), dumpdir(1)
There are various diagnostics
involved with reading the tape and writing the disk.
There are also diagnostics if the i-list or the free list
of the file system is not large enough to hold the dump.
If the dump extends over more than one tape,
it may ask you to change tapes.
Reply with a new-line when the next tape has been mounted.
There is redundant information on the tape
that could be used in case of tape reading problems.