HELP!!!

knowlesy · 2 Jul 2007 at 14:32

Im using unix (solaris 8) at work and i need to restore a specific file from a tape backup and all i seem to be able to find is commands to restore the whole system which is a bigg nono!!!! so please any help ??? :confused:

GarethDW · 2 Jul 2007 at 15:20

Haven't used Solaris for a few years now, but at the last place I worked at we used to be able to do this using ufsrestore... however, I think that you can only use ufsrestore if you originally did your backup using ufsdump (this part wasn't my area, so I may very well be mistaken).

knowlesy · 2 Jul 2007 at 15:37

were using cpio =( this is inherited from an ancient egyption system lol

GarethDW · 2 Jul 2007 at 16:10

Not used cpio but looking at the man page suggests it should be possible... maybe try using something like...

cpio -idv -E filename < backup.cpio

knowlesy · 2 Jul 2007 at 16:35

ok thanks dude lettin it search now