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01-15-2009

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Originally Posted by Kevin1166

Need a little help figuring out how to restore a .flar image using the Flash Archive Retrival Method.

I am using Solaris 8 on a Sun V240. I boot the system using the Solaris 8 disk 1of2 and provide the necessary information asked. When the screen gets to the Flash Archive Retrival Method screen there are five options to choice from.

HTTP
NFS - I use this for restoring images from my network server
Local File
Local Tape - I use this to restore images from DAT tapes
Local Device

I am trying to figure out how to restore .flar images that are on DVDs or External Hard Drives. I tried using the Local Device option, but I think I might be doing something wrong.

Any insight would be appreciated.

Thanks

Kevin

"Local File" is the option you want, but the devices in question must be mounted first in order to retrieve the files from them.

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gnomevfs-info

gnomevfs-info(1)						   User Commands						  gnomevfs-info(1)

NAME

       gnomevfs-info - display a list of file information

SYNOPSIS

       gnomevfs-info URI

DESCRIPTION

       gnomevfs-info displays the following information about a file:

	 o  Name: filename

	 o  Type: [Regular|Directory]

	 o  MIME type: mime-type

	 o  Size: file-size

	 o  Blocks: #blocks

	 o  I/O block size: block-size

	 o  Local: [YES|NO]

	 o  SUID: [YES|NO]

	 o  SGID: [YES|NO]

	 o  Sticky: [YES|NO]

	 o  Permissions: octal permissions

	 o  Link count: #links

	 o  UID: owner-uid

	 o  GID: owner-gid

	 o  Access time: date-and-time

	 o  Modification time: date-and-time

	 o  Change time: date-and-time

	 o  Device #: device#

	 o  Inode #: inode#

	 o  Readable: [YES|NO]

	 o  Writable: [YES|NO]

	 o  Executable: [YES|NO]

OPERANDS

       The following operands are supported:

       URI	       Specifies the file or directory location in standard URI format.

EXAMPLES

       Example 1: Getting File Information for a Local File

       example% gnomevfs-info file:///etc/nsswitch.conf

ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES

       See environ(5) for descriptions of the following environment variables: NLSPATH.

EXIT STATUS

       The exit value 0 is returned regardless of success or failure.

FILES

       The following files are used by this application:

       /usr/bin/gnomevfs-info  Executable to display a list of file information

ATTRIBUTES

       See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |      ATTRIBUTE TYPE	     |	    ATTRIBUTE VALUE	   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Availability		     |SUNWgnome-vfs		   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Interface stability	     |External			   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+

SEE ALSO

       gnomevfs-cat(1), gnomevfs-copy(1), gnomevfs-ls(1), gnomevfs-mkdir(1)

NOTES

       Written by Stephen Browne, Sun Microsystems Inc., 2004.

SunOS 5.10							    6 Sep 2004							  gnomevfs-info(1)