Re: [expert] Backup and restore systems

[Mark Weaver]

well...sort of. Are there any others? and are there other arguments that
you might use with the restore command? Like /path/to/backup_file
/path/to/filesystem/to-be/restored and such things like that. 

The man files for dump and restore leave a lot to my imagination. 

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Mark
  
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On Mon, 24 Jul 2000, Anton Graham wrote:

> Submitted 24-Jul-00 by Mark Weaver:
> > What I wouldn't mind knowing is, is there a list of commands that one
> > would use to utilize dump? From reading the man files for this utility
> > I've been able to create some backup files, but have no idea of how to
> > restore the bcked up files to their original place.
> > 
> 
> 
> RESTORE(8)              System Manager's Manual                RESTORE(8)
> 
> NAME
>      restore - restore files or file systems from backups made with dump
> 
> <snip>
> 
> Is that maybe what you're looking for?
> 
>