The
restore
command performs the inverse function of
dump 8 .
A full backup of a file system may be restored and
subsequent incremental backups layered on top of it.
Single files and
directory subtrees may be restored from full or partial
backups.
Restore
works across a network;
to do this see the
f
flag described below.
Other arguments to the command are file or directory
names specifying the files that are to be restored.
Unless the
h
flag is specified (see below),
the appearance of a directory name refers to
the files and (recursively) subdirectories of that directory.
Exactly one of the following flags is required:
-tag -width Ds
Fl C
This mode allows comparison of files from a dump.
Restore
reads the backup and compares its contents with files present on the
disk.
It first changes its working directory to the root of the filesystem
that was dumped and compares the tape with the files in its new
current directory.
Fl i
This mode allows interactive restoration of files from a dump.
After reading in the directory information from the dump,
restore
provides a shell like interface that allows the user to move
around the directory tree selecting files to be extracted.
The available commands are given below;
for those commands that require an argument,
the default is the current directory.
-tag -width Fl
add Op Ar arg
The current directory or specified argument is added to the list of
files to be extracted.
If a directory is specified, then it and all its descendents are
added to the extraction list
(unless the
h
flag is specified on the command line).
Files that are on the extraction list are prepended with a
*
when they are listed by
ls .
cd Ar arg
Change the current working directory to the specified argument.
delete Op Ar arg
The current directory or specified argument is deleted from the list of
files to be extracted.
If a directory is specified, then it and all its descendents are
deleted from the extraction list
(unless the
h
flag is specified on the command line).
The most expedient way to extract most of the files from a directory
is to add the directory to the extraction list and then delete
those files that are not needed.
extract
All files on the extraction list are extracted
from the dump.
Restore
will ask which volume the user wishes to mount.
The fastest way to extract a few files is to
start with the last volume and work towards the first volume.
help
List a summary of the available commands.
ls Op Ar arg
List the current or specified directory.
Entries that are directories are appended with a
* .
Entries that have been marked for extraction are prepended with a ``*''.
If the verbose
flag is set, the inode number of each entry is also listed.
pwd
Print the full pathname of the current working directory.
quit
Restore immediately exits,
even if the extraction list is not empty.
setmodes
All directories that have been added to the extraction list
have their owner, modes, and times set;
nothing is extracted from the dump.
This is useful for cleaning up after a restore has been prematurely aborted.
verbose
The sense of the
v
flag is toggled.
When set, the verbose flag causes the
ls
command to list the inode numbers of all entries.
It also causes
restore
to print out information about each file as it is extracted.
Fl R
Restore
requests a particular tape of a multi-volume set on which to restart
a full restore
(see the
r
flag below).
This is useful if the restore has been interrupted.
Fl r
Restore (rebuild) a file system.
The target file system should be made pristine with
newfs 8 ,
mounted, and the user
cd Ns 'd
into the pristine file system
before starting the restoration of the initial level 0 backup. If the
level 0 restores successfully, the
r
flag may be used to restore
any necessary incremental backups on top of the level 0.
The
r
flag precludes an interactive file extraction and can be
detrimental to one's health (not to mention the disk) if not used carefully.
An example:
-literal -offset indent
newfs /dev/rrp0g eagle
mount /dev/rp0g /mnt
cd /mnt
restore rf /dev/rst8
Note that
restore
leaves a file
restoresymtable
in the root directory to pass information between incremental
restore passes.
This file should be removed when the last incremental has been
restored.
Restore ,
in conjunction with
newfs 8
and
dump 8 ,
may be used to modify file system parameters
such as size or block size.
Fl t
The names of the specified files are listed if they occur
on the backup.
If no file argument is given,
the root directory is listed,
which results in the entire content of the
backup being listed,
unless the
h
flag has been specified.
Note that the
t
flag replaces the function of the old
dumpdir 8
program.
1i
Fl x
The named files are read from the given media.
If a named file matches a directory whose contents
are on the backup
and the
h
flag is not specified,
the directory is recursively extracted.
The owner, modification time,
and mode are restored (if possible).
If no file argument is given,
the root directory is extracted,
which results in the entire content of the
backup being extracted,
unless the
h
flag has been specified.
The following additional options may be specified:
-tag -width Ds
Fl b Ar blocksize
The number of kilobytes per dump record.
If the
b
option is not specified,
restore
tries to determine the block size dynamically.
Fl c
Normally,
restore
will try to determine dynamically whether the dump was made from an
old (pre-4.4) or new format file sytem. The
c
flag disables this check, and only allows reading a dump in the old
format.
Fl D Ar filesystem
The
D
flag allows the user to specify the filesystem name when using
restore
with the
C
option to check the backup.
Fl f Ar file
Read the backup from
file ;
file
may be a special device file
like
/dev/st0
(a tape drive),
/dev/rsd1c
(a disk drive),
an ordinary file,
or
Fl
(the standard input).
If the name of the file is of the form
host:file
or
user@host:file ,
restore
reads from the named file on the remote host using
rmt 8 .
Fl h
Extract the actual directory,
rather than the files that it references.
This prevents hierarchical restoration of complete subtrees
from the dump.
Fl m
Extract by inode numbers rather than by file name.
This is useful if only a few files are being extracted,
and one wants to avoid regenerating the complete pathname
to the file.
Fl N
The
N
flag causes
restore to only print file names. Files are not extracted.
Fl s Ar fileno
Read from the specified
fileno
on a multi-file tape.
File numbering starts at 1.
Fl T Ar directory
The
T
flag allows the user to specify a directory to use for the storage of
temporary files. The default value is /tmp. This flag is most useful
when restoring files after having booted from a floppy. There might be little
or no space on the floppy filesystem, but another source of space might exist.
Fl v
Normally
restore
does its work silently.
The
v
(verbose)
flag causes it to type the name of each file it treats
preceded by its file type.
Fl y
Do not ask the user whether to abort the restore in the event of an error.
Always try to skip over the bad block(s) and continue.
Complains if it gets a read error.
If
y
has been specified, or the user responds
y ,
restore
will attempt to continue the restore.
If a backup was made using more than one tape volume,
restore
will notify the user when it is time to mount the next volume.
If the
x
or
i
flag has been specified,
restore
will also ask which volume the user wishes to mount.
The fastest way to extract a few files is to
start with the last volume, and work towards the first volume.
There are numerous consistency checks that can be listed by
restore .
Most checks are self-explanatory or can
never happen .
Common errors are given below.
-tag -width Ds -compact
Converting to new file system format
A dump tape created from the old file system has been loaded.
It is automatically converted to the new file system format.
<filename>: not found on tape
The specified file name was listed in the tape directory,
but was not found on the tape.
This is caused by tape read errors while looking for the file,
and from using a dump tape created on an active file system.
expected next file <inumber>, got <inumber>
A file that was not listed in the directory showed up.
This can occur when using a dump created on an active file system.
Incremental dump too low
When doing an incremental restore,
a dump that was written before the previous incremental dump,
or that has too low an incremental level has been loaded.
Incremental dump too high
When doing an incremental restore,
a dump that does not begin its coverage where the previous incremental
dump left off,
or that has too high an incremental level has been loaded.
Tape read error while restoring <filename>
Tape read error while skipping over inode <inumber>
Tape read error while trying to resynchronize
A tape (or other media) read error has occurred.
If a file name is specified,
its contents are probably partially wrong.
If an inode is being skipped or the tape is trying to resynchronize,
no extracted files have been corrupted,
though files may not be found on the tape.
resync restore, skipped <num> blocks
After a dump read error,
restore
may have to resynchronize itself.
This message lists the number of blocks that were skipped over.
