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Old 05-03-2002
Network Dumping files to tape

Can anyone please help....

how can I dump just a single file to tape using the ufsrestore command!!! I'm a newbie to unix and It's driving me mad..

Thanks in advance.
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Old 05-03-2002
ufsrestore -itvf /yourtapedrive

You will go into a interactive restore - you add files that you want by cd directory, add myfile, extract...

Read the man page - there should be a section on the interactive mode.
thehoghunter
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Old 05-04-2002
Thanks for your help...

got it working at last!!!

Jonathan.
 
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