Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2004 10:12:34 -0500 (EST) From: Jerry McAllister <jerrymc@clunix.cl.msu.edu> To: gpeel@thenetnow.com Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Restore command line options Message-ID: <200403101512.i2AFCY608017@clunix.cl.msu.edu> In-Reply-To: <002001c406b0$e5c46280$6601a8c0@grant> from "Grant Peel" at Mar 10, 2004 10:03:50 AM
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> > How about I post this again, without the typo's :-O > > Hi all, > > I recently had the opertunity to restore a clients mysql db as he had > removed a bunch of needed data from his shopping cart. > > While the restore command worked OK I was wondering if there is a way to > command line it a bit so as not to have to answer yes when asked about the > file privledges and have to specify a '1' when asked what volume to use. (I > am used to working with tar and doing everything in a single command). > > The full backup and incremental backup files I used were in a /home/backup. > The target files were of course in /usr/local/mysql/var/DBNAME > > Here is the command I used: > > restore -x -f /home/backup/usr.level-1_dump local/mysql/var/DBDIRNAMEHERE > > Have I missed some command line options here to avoide having to answer the > perms and volume questions? I don't think you have missed anything. It is one of the little annoyances with dump/restore - which still do not add up to enough to overweigh the value of using them. You could write a wrapper script that would feed the 1 and yes(or no that you may really want to give). ////jerry > > -Grant >
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