On Thu, Oct 25, 2001 at 11:00:43AM +0300, Hery Zo RAKOTONDRAMANANA wrote: > Hi all, > > I'm a newbie on using amanda. > I'm using amanda-2.2-p1-12 on debian potato systems. I'va already set up > amanda and Amdump seems working (reports seems good). > I'm doing backups on a HP DAT SureStore. > > Now I want to test restoring from backups I've done and I'm a little bit > confused about options I have to give to amrestore if I want to restore > a particular file. > For example, let's say my configuration name is "Testconf" > My cartridges are labeled TestConf01, TestConf02, ... > Can anyone tell me the options I have to give amrestore (or amrecover?) > if I want to restore a file called /etc/test.txt which has been backep > up from host "seine" from filesystem "/etc"? > > Is this restore going to replace my actual /etc/test.txt? If so, how can > I tell amrestore (or amrecover ?) to restore it in /tmp so that I can > copy it manually if needed. >
amrestore gives you only the image from the tape. You need to pipe it through your restore program: cd /tmp amrestore /dev/nst0 seine /etc | tar xvpSf - ./etc/test.txt See http://www.backupcentral.com/amanda-23.html -- Alles Gute / best wishes Dietmar Goldbeck E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reporter (to Mahatma Gandhi): Mr Gandhi, what do you think of Western Civilization? Gandhi: I think it would be a good idea.
