Incoming from [EMAIL PROTECTED]: > "s. keeling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Incoming from [EMAIL PROTECTED]: > > > > > > I am trying to restore a whole folder using flexbackup 1.1.7 I am using > > > the > > > command flexbackup -restore <path to folder> but whenever I do this I get > > > the > > > following error message - > > > > > > flexbackup version 1.1.7 (http://flexbackup.sourceforge.net) > > > /etc/flexbackup.conf syntax OK > > > > > > |------------------------------------------------------------ > > > | Checking 'buffer' on this machine... Ok > > > | Checking /bin/sh on this machine... bash2 > > > |------------------------------------------------------------ > > > | Logging output to "flexbackup.extract.200503221458.log" > > > | Auto-set to type=copy compress=false > > > | Reading from on-disk file /home/e-smith/files/users/stagecoach/ > > > |------------------------------------------------------------ > > > Ummm... just copy your files, you have the whole tree... at > > > /usr/bin/flexbackup line 1988. > > > > > > What does this mean I am doing worng? > > > > Just a guess, but I believe it's saying you didn't compress the > > backup, and the files are still in their original format (as opposed > > to being stuffed into a tar or afio archive), so you should just "cp" > > them back into place: > > Thanks for your reply, I forgot to say the backups are on a tape, any idea?
Then you should be able to get at them with tar: cd /tmp tar xf /dev/tape /directory/you/wish/to/restore Change "/dev/tape" to whatever you call your tape drive. This should write it all to /tmp. You might need to lose the leading "/" on the name of the stuff you're pulling out: tar xf /dev/tape directory/you/wish/to/restore Then, when you have it all, copy individual files: cp /tmp/blah/blah.txt /home/blah/blah.txt or copy recursively with -R: cp -R /tmp/blah /home/blah -- Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced. (*) http://www.spots.ab.ca/~keeling - - ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by Microsoft Mobile & Embedded DevCon 2005 Attend MEDC 2005 May 9-12 in Vegas. Learn more about the latest Windows Embedded(r) & Windows Mobile(tm) platforms, applications & content. Register by 3/29 & save $300 http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=6883&alloc_id=15149&op=click _______________________________________________ flexbackup-help mailing list flexbackup-help@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flexbackup-help
