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6 restor - incremental file system restore
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9 restor key [ argument ... ]
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12 Restor is used to read magtapes dumped with the dump command. The key
13 specifies what is to be done. Key is one of the characters rRxt
14 optionally combined with f.
15 f Use the first argument as the name of the tape instead of the
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18 r or R The tape is read and loaded into the file system specified in
20 argument. This should not be done lightly (see below). If the
21 key is R restor asks which tape of a multi volume set to start
22 on. This allows restor to be interrupted and then restarted (an
23 icheck -s must be done before restart).
24 x Each file on the tape named by an argument is extracted. The
26 file name has all `mount' prefixes removed; for example,
27 /usr/bin/lpr is named /bin/lpr on the tape. The file extracted
28 is placed in a file with a numeric name supplied by restor
29 (actually the inode number). In order to keep the amount of
30 tape read to a minimum, the following procedure is recommended:
31 Mount volume 1 of the set of dump tapes.
33 Type the restor command.
35 Restor will announce whether or not it found the files, give the
37 number it will name the file, and rewind the tape.
38 It then asks you to `mount the desired tape volume'. Type the
40 number of the volume you choose. On a multivolume dump the rec‐
41 ommended procedure is to mount the last through the first volume
42 in that order. Restor checks to see if any of the files
43 requested are on the mounted tape (or a later tape, thus the
44 reverse order) and doesn't read through the tape if no files
45 are. If you are working with a single volume dump or the number
46 of files being restored is large, respond to the query with `1'
47 and restor will read the tapes in sequential order.
48 If you have a hierarchy to restore you can use dumpdir(1) to
50 produce the list of names and a shell script to move the result‐
51 ing files to their homes.
52 t Print the date the tape was written and the date the filesystem
54 was dumped from.
55 The r option should only be used to restore a complete dump tape onto a
57 clear file system or to restore an incremental dump tape onto this.
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59 /etc/mkfs /dev/rp0 40600
61 restor r /dev/rp0
62 is a typical sequence to restore a complete dump. Another restor can
64 be done to get an incremental dump in on top of this.
65 A dump followed by a mkfs and a restor is used to change the size of a
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70 default tape unit varies with installation
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74 dump(1), mkfs(1), dumpdir(1)
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77 There are various diagnostics involved with reading the tape and writ‐
78 ing the disk. There are also diagnostics if the i-list or the free
79 list of the file system is not large enough to hold the dump.
80 If the dump extends over more than one tape, it may ask you to change
82 tapes. Reply with a new-line when the next tape has been mounted.
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85 There is redundant information on the tape that could be used in case
86 of tape reading problems. Unfortunately, restor doesn't use it.
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