You were right John. The file is under /etc/etc/dumpdates.
I started amrecover after I moved into the /etc directory.
Do I need to be atleast one direcotory higher than the directory and file
I plan to restore?
p.s. - i will not test
restore on db files like /etc/dumpdates again. Thank you.
On Tue, 7 Nov 2000, John R. Jackson wrote:
> >Restoring files into directory /etc
>
> Did you look for /etc/etc/dumpdates? Again, your working directory is
> not the top level of the file system, so things are going to come back
> lower in the tree than you think.
>
> I would strongly recommend against testing your restores with dumpdates.
> That's a "database" file needed by the dump program to control incremental
> levels.
>
> >Denise E. Ives
>
> John R. Jackson, Technical Software Specialist, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
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