thanks that solved it.. silly me..i should have gunzip the zgzip file first.. thanks
----- Original Message ----- From: "Bopolissimus Platypus" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Philippine Linux Users Group Mailing List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, March 03, 2004 4:22 PM Subject: Re: [plug] dump linux problem > On Wednesday 03 March 2004 04:12 pm, Ako Ito wrote: > > thanks for the quick reply.. problem is we did not put the backup file to a > > tape drive.. we only dump it to a file then ftp the file to a remote server > > with large harddisk space.. upon issuing the command restore it looks for > > the file in the tape drive as shown below.. what are the options to look > > for the dump file in the > > present directory? > > man restore says: > > -f file > Read the backup from file; file may be a special device file > like /dev/st0 (a tape drive), /dev/sda1 (a disk drive), an ordi- > nary file, or - (the standard input). If the name of the file is > of the form host:file or [EMAIL PROTECTED]:file, restore reads from the > named file on the remote host using rmt(8). > > looks like what you need. > > tiger > > -- > Gerald Timothy Quimpo gquimpo*hotmail.com tiger*sni*ph > http://bopolissimus.sni.ph > Public Key: "gpg --keyserver pgp.mit.edu --recv-keys 672F4C78" > > The liar at any rate recognizes that recreation, not instruction, is > the aim of conversation, and is a far more civilised being than the > blockhead who loudly expresses his disbelief in a story which is > told simply for the amusement of the company. > Oscar Wilde > -- > Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List > [EMAIL PROTECTED] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) > Official Website: http://plug.linux.org.ph > Searchable Archives: http://marc.free.net.ph > . > To leave, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/plug > . > Are you a Linux newbie? To join the newbie list, go to > http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/ph-linux-newbie -- Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List [EMAIL PROTECTED] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) Official Website: http://plug.linux.org.ph Searchable Archives: http://marc.free.net.ph . To leave, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/plug . Are you a Linux newbie? To join the newbie list, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/ph-linux-newbie
