RESTOR(VIII) 11/24/73 RESTOR(VIII)





RESTOR(VIII)                11/24/73                 RESTOR(VIII)







NAME

     restor - incremental file system restore



SYNOPSIS

     restor key [ arguments ]



DESCRIPTION

     Restor is  used  to  read  magtapes  dumped  with  the  dump

     command.   The  key  argument  specifies what is to be done.

     Key is a character from the set trxw.



       t   The date that the tape was made and the date that  was

          specified  in  the dump command are printed.  A list of

          all of the i-numbers on the tape is also given.



       r   The tape is read  and  loaded  into  the  file  system

          specified  in  arguments.   This  should  not  be  done

          lightly (see below).



       x   Each file on the tape is individually extracted into a

          file  whose  name is the file's i-number.  If there are

          arguments, they are interpreted as i-numbers  and  only

          they are extracted.



       c   If the tape overflows, increment the last character of

          its name and continue on that drive.  (Normally it asks

          you to change tapes.)



       f   Read the dump from the next argument file  instead  of

          the tape.



       i   All read and checksum errors are  reported,  but  will

          not cause termination.



       w   In conjunction with the x option, before each file  is

          extracted,  its i-number is typed out.  To extract this

          file, you must respond with y.



     The x option is used to retrieve individual files.   If  the

     i-number  of  the  desired  file  is  not  known,  it can be

     discovered by following the  file  system  directory  search

     algorithm.  First retrieve the root directory whose i-number

     is 1.  List this file with ls -fi 1.  This will  give  names

     and  i-numbers  of sub-directories.  Iterating, any file may

     be retrieved.



     The r option should only be used to restore a complete  dump

     tape  onto  a clear file system or to restore an incremental

     dump tape onto this.  Thus



         /etc/mkfs /dev/rp0 40600

         restor r /dev/rp0



     is a typical sequence to restore a complete  dump.   Another

     restor  can  be done to get an incremental dump in on top of

     this.



     A dump followed by a mkfs and a restor is used to change the

     size of a file system.



FILES

     /dev/mt0



SEE ALSO

     ls (I), dump (VIII), mkfs (VIII), clri (VIII)



DIAGNOSTICS

     There are various diagnostics involved with reading the tape

     and  writing the disk.  There are also diagnostics if the i-

     list or the free list of the file system is not large enough

     to hold the dump.



     If the dump extends over more than one tape, it may ask  you

     to  change  tapes.  Reply with a new-line when the next tape

     has been mounted.



BUGS

     There is redundant information on the  tape  that  could  be

     used  in  case  of  tape  reading  problems.  Unfortunately,

     restor's approach is to exit if anything is wrong.
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