hi, what i found was that if I extract the tape file onto disk with amrestore /dev/nst0 moa
and then dd if=<file> bs=32k skip=1 of=a and then tar xvf a it works. I tried to combine the two commands dd if<file> bs=32k skip=1 | tar xvf but it doesnt like it. Any suggestions here? On Thu, 15 Jan 2004, Gene Heskett wrote: > On Thursday 15 January 2004 13:17, Shashi Kanbur wrote: > >Im using amanda version 2.4.4p1 on a linux amanda server and backing > > up mainly linux machines but also two irix machines. the disklist > > entry for these states > > > >/scr comp-home-tar > > > >and the log file states that the backup was successful. However, > > when I use amrecover to get the files, it syas there are no index > > files. When I look in curinfo, I find the tape it used, load that > > tape and then use amrestore to get a file back onto my linux > > server. > >But how do I convert this file to directories and files as on the > > original irix machine? > > If you are saying that you now have that tapefile as one piece on the > server, presumably extracted from the tape with dd, did you not read > the 32k header in front of it? That header contains the example > command line that you would use to extract its constituant pieces, > the dirs and files actually packed into that tapefile. > > >From the dumptype spec'ed above, I would assume that once it was moved > to someplace temp with enough storage room to contain it, then a: > "tar xzvf tapefilename" should unpack it by automaticly calling gunzip > and feeding its output back into tar. From there, you can them move > the stuff to where you want it. > > Or is my crystal ball broken and thats not what you wanted? > Sometimes it jumps to conclusions when not enough data is presented. > :) > > >Shashi Kanbur > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] Five College Astronomy Department, > >University of Massachusetts, > >Amherst, > >MA 01003 > >USA > >(413) 577 0470 (413) 545 4223 (Fax) > > -- > Cheers, Gene > "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, > ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." > -Ed Howdershelt (Author) > 99.22% setiathome rank, not too shabby for a WV hillbilly > Yahoo.com attornies please note, additions to this message > by Gene Heskett are: > Copyright 2004 by Maurice Eugene Heskett, all rights reserved. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Shashi Kanbur [EMAIL PROTECTED] Five College Astronomy Department, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 01003 USA (413) 577 0470 (413) 545 4223 (Fax)
