On Wed, 7 Mar 2001 at 11:38am, Joseph Del Corso wrote
> I have to admit first off that I haven't scoured the
> logs to find the answer to this -- so if it's already
> been answered in the recent past please point me to the
> date of the email.
Have you read "the chapter"? This should all be in there.
> Basically I'm trying to get a feel for how amrestore works...
> i.e.-- I've backed up my /home directory which includes
> a couple dozen peoples home directories. Is it possible to
> restore only a part (like just the /home/joeschmoe dir) instead
> of the entire /home directory tree?
You want amrecover, not amrestore for that. amrecover will let you pick
and choose filesystems, directories, files, and even date, provided that
you enabled indexing on your backup scheme. amrestore pulls off the whole
backup image
> What happens if someone was working on a single file, and they
> goof up... luckily I've backed up the entire directory tree and
> have it on tape -- Is it possible to extract just the specific
> file from the tape?
See above.
> Another scenario... what if user A wants the file recovered from
> tape, but user B doesn't want his directory overwritten with old
> files since user B has made a series of changes to his codes since
> the last full backup of the /home directory...
No matter what, you can always restore into a temp space and move only the
desired files over.
--
Joshua Baker-LePain
Department of Biomedical Engineering
Duke University
