Return to BSD News archive
#! rnews 1602 bsd Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mel.connect.com.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!feed1.news.erols.com!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newsfeed2.aimnet.com!news.walltech.com!news.ecis.com!news.vaultline.net!news.interbahn.net!205.215.226.130 From: "pete helme" <pete@ebay.com> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: using 'restore' to restore one file Date: Fri, 18 Apr 1997 14:41:18 -0700 Organization: VAULTLINE, Inc. Lines: 20 Message-ID: <3357eae0.0@news.interbahn.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: 206.152.53.26 X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 4.71.0544.0 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE Engine V4.71.0544.0 Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:39306 I know this is a silly question, but I want to make sure "restore" will do what I think it's supposed to do before I try it and end up deleteing the wrong files. Can 'restore' restore as little as one file or only a whole directory? Reading the man page it makes it sound like it'll try to put back all the files in a certain directory no matter what option you give it. It's not very clear (at least to me ;) ). I think I have to use the "h" key but when I actually start the extraction it tells me "warning xxx directory already exists" when I'm trying to restore only a file that exists in that directory, not that directory itself. I canceled the operation because there are files in that directory I don't want restored. Should I just ignore the warnings? Can somone give me an example of how to restore one file from a "dump" backup? thanks! pete@ebay.com