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NAME
restor - incremental file system restore
SYNOPSIS
restor key [ argument ... ]
DESCRIPTION
Restor is used to read magtapes dumped with the dump command. The key
specifies what is to be done. Key is one of the characters rRxt op‐
tionally combined with f.
f Use the first argument as the name of the tape instead of the
default.
r or R The tape is read and loaded into the file system specified in
argument. This should not be done lightly (see below). If the
key is R restor asks which tape of a multi volume set to start
on. This allows restor to be interrupted and then restarted (an
icheck -s must be done before restart).
x Each file on the tape named by an argument is extracted. 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 supplied by restor (ac‐
tually 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.
Type the restor command.
Restor will announce whether or not it found the files, give the
number it will name the file, and rewind the tape.
It then asks you to `mount the desired tape volume'. Type the
number of the volume you choose. On a multivolume dump the rec‐
ommended procedure is to mount the last through the first volume
in that order. Restor checks to see if any of the files re‐
quested are on the mounted tape (or a later tape, thus the re‐
verse 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
restor 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 result‐
ing files to their homes.
t Print the date the tape was written and the date the filesystem
was dumped from.
The r 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.
Thus
/etc/mkfs /dev/rp0 40600
restor r /dev/rp0
is a typical sequence to restore a complete dump. Another restor can
be done to get an incremental dump in on top of this.
A dump followed by a mkfs and a restor is used to change the size of a
file system.
FILES
default tape unit varies with installation
rst*
SEE ALSO
dump(1), mkfs(1), dumpdir(1)
DIAGNOSTICS
There are various diagnostics involved with reading the tape and writ‐
ing 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.
BUGS
There is redundant information on the tape that could be used in case
of tape reading problems. Unfortunately, restor doesn't use it.
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