> True, > I was thinking that since I could extract a list of files with > the "q backup" command, I could then plug them into a list and use the > "-filelist" option. > > My only concern with doing it that way is that according to the > docs, the restore will go through the list, file by file, with no > optimization as to the tape mounts. I am afraid that it may end up > mounting and remounting the same tapes over an over depending on how the > files are listed.
I have used the -filelist option a number of times, and my experience indicates that the documentation is simply wrong in this regard; each tape needed is mounted once, with the possible exception of cases in which a file spanning tapes is restored.
