On Friday 13 August 2004 14:15, Steven W. Orr wrote: > Am I asking this question wrong? Do I need to supply more info? > > perfect for me. So I get one full backup on the first Sunday of the month and > then an incremental every night. > > How do I restore a file or files? Do I restore from the full backup and then > restore from the incrementals till I'm done or is there a single command to > cycle through them all?
I don't think that a single command exists. I am sure I will be corrected on this point if I am wrong. The answer is "it depends" (and may seem obvious): * If you want to restore a single file, you need to restore it from the tape which has the latest version that you want of the file. You appear to be doing incremental backups, so if the file in question had not changed since your last full backup, then the latest version is on the last full backup tape. If the file in question did change since the last full backup you need to find the tape from the incremental done after it changed, and just restore from that tape. If you don't have a clue when the file may have been modified then you may have to do restores from several tapes (perhaps starting with the last full backup tape which likely contains the file). * If you want to restore many files, which may be in several directories with subdirectories, then you need to apply the same logic as above, but with the topmost directory as your starting point rather than a single file. If it was a static directory then a restore from the last full backup should do it. If there were some changes then resore from the last full backup, then start with the tape from the incremental done just after changes were made. If you don't know when changes were made then you may have to do many restores from many backups until you are sure you have restored all of the changes. You do the restores from the tapes in the order they were written in. Hope this help. If not, let us know. Cheers, Scott -- * Scott Coburn * Brookhaven National Laboratory * [EMAIL PROTECTED] 631.344.7110 * This message brought to you by Debian Linux. ------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is sponsored by Shop4tech.com-Lowest price on Blank Media 100pk Sonic DVD-R 4x for only $29 -100pk Sonic DVD+R for only $33 Save 50% off Retail on Ink & Toner - Free Shipping and Free Gift. http://www.shop4tech.com/z/Inkjet_Cartridges/9_108_r285 _______________________________________________ flexbackup-help mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flexbackup-help
