On Wed, 29 May 2002, GIC MLs wrote:
> Now my problem is this...
>
> # dd if=/dev/nrsa0 bs=32k skip=1 | /usr/local/bin/gtar -xf - usr.dump
First make a scratch directory like this:
mkdir /var/tmp/testing/
Then, from inside that directory, run the same dd command, but
with "gtar -tvf -" so you can see exactly which files got into
the archive. This also shows what the file names look like. They
won't start with a slash, because tar strips those, but they
probably will start with ./ depending on how tar was called.
Ultimately, you'll probably need to use "gtar -xf - ./usr.dump"
> And if the data transferred, where did it go to? Not to the directory wher I
> ran the dd command from... Did it get sent back to the client automagically?
I wouldn't take the chance of overwritting something accidentally.
That's why I suggest you run the dd and tar commands from within
a new, empty directory.
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