My backup script is working really well, even burns some files to a dvd. I'm impressed (and don't get out much). So of course I now need to test my backups (like we all do - right?). The problem I am having is how to then extract the contents of the tar files - all from a script.
The backup files are all named via a declaration in the initial backup script, based on date like this: TarData=backup-data-`date +%a-%d-%m-%y`.tgz and I end up with a file called backup-data-Sun-01-04-07.tgz (similarly backup-email-Sun-01-04-07.tgz and backup-home-Sun-01-04-07.tgz etc). Simple enough to get them copied off the dvd into some folder - mount the disk, and then cp backup* /pathto/some/folder/. All good up to this point. I can also extract the contents of the tar files in a similar way using: tar -xvf $TarData and this too is all good, I get a restored copy of all my data. But this only works if it is the run on the same day as the tar file was made. How can I modify my "tar -xvf" line when I do not know the full names of my backup files - but do know the first few characters? I can't simply use wildcards i.e. tar -xvf back*. Google hasn't been friendly to me today. Cheers, Roger
