Date: Mon, 14 Sep 2009 15:05:55 +0100 From: Chris Rees <utisoft@googlemail.com> To: Chris Maness <chris@chrismaness.com> Cc: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Dump/Restore? Message-ID: <b79ecaef0909140705o6fc971ecjeb720bae754c44d5@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <4AAE39E8.8080302@chrismaness.com> References: <0016e6d7ea7bc68d970473840acb@google.com> <4AAE39E8.8080302@chrismaness.com>
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2009/9/14 Chris Maness <chris@chrismaness.com>: > utisoft@googlemail.com wrote: >> >> On 14 Sep 2009 02:50, Chris Maness <chris@chrismaness.com> wrote: >> > On Sun, Sep 13, 2009 at 6:15 PM, Chris Maness chris@chrismaness.com> >> > wrote: >> > >> > > I level 0 dump of my server. =A0I lost a file that I need back. =A0I= s it >> > >> > > possible to use restore like tar and explode it into a directory >> > >> > > instead of a pristine partition/mount? =A0Or even better, is it poss= ible >> > >> > > to just extract a single file without exploding the whole tape dump? >> > >> > > >> > >> > > Sorry if the question seems stupid. >> > >> > > >> > >> > > Chris KQ6UP >> > >> > > >> > >> > >> > >> > Sorry, I was reading the restore man from my mac, and it was not as >> > >> > clear. =A0The restore does not seem to work from my mac (this is where >> > >> > my backup dumps reside as I have two massive HDs). =A0I guess the mac >> > >> > restore would only work with HFS+ and not UFS. =A0I guess the only way >> > >> > would be to move the massive dump file back over to the FreeBSD >> > >> > server. >> > >> > >> > >> > Thanks, >> > >> > Chris KQ6UP >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> >> Try using NFS or cat over ssh, something like >> >> $ ssh my_mac 'cat dumpfile' | restore -if - >> >> restore treats the file as a tape, so it doesn't pull any bytes until yo= u >> ask it to. This should be the least network intensive way of doing it...= . >> >> >> Good luck! >> >> Chris > > Thanks, that looks like a pretty cool trick. > > Chris > Let me know how you get on with it, I gzip my dumps and can pipe together commands like that, so it should work! Chris --=20 A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? A: Top-posting. Q: What is the most annoying thing in a mailing list?
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