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Old 07-12-2010
howto extract a file from a bff file?
Hi
howto extract a file from a bff file? Is it possible?

thanks
Israel.
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Old 07-12-2010
Hi.

Yes. You can use the restore command.

i.e.
Code:
restore -qxvf myFile.bff ./file/to/extract

Check the man page for more options.

To list the contents of a bff file:

Code:
 restore -qvTf myFile.bff

Last edited by Scott; 07-12-2010 at 07:05 AM.. Reason: Added list contents
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