Re: [flexbackup-help] difficulty restoring single file

[Edwin H. <ed...@co...>]

[ Hurley, Michael wrote: ]
> I have inherited a RH 7.3 system using flexbackup 0.9.8 to handle its
> backups. It has performed flawlessly up to now.
> 
> However, now I am trying to restore a clobbered file from the tape, and
> having a tough time of it. Here is what I have tried:
> 
> flexbackup -extract -files restore.txt
> 
> where restore.txt is a list of the file I need restored. I ran this as root
> in the /tmp/ directory. It chugged for quite a while, said "the operation
> was successful," but no file anywhere.

The requested files(s) were not in the archive most likely, or the path was wrong.

An example of your directory spec and the file list would be good, but check:
 1. What's the root of the backed-up directory?
 2. Make sure the file list in restore.txt is relative to #1
 3. Check via "flexbackup -list" that the files are in the archive.


Example: If you backed up the directory "/path/to/some/dir", and you want
to restore "/path/to/some/dir/dir2/dir3/filename", then restore.txt needs
to contain "dir2/dir3/filename".   


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