Re: [flexbackup-help] difficulty restoring single file

[Charlie B. <cha...@e-...>]

On Mon, 12 Jan 2004, Edwin Huffstutler wrote:

> > 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.

4. The tape was not correctly positioned before you ran the command, so 
that the wrong archive on the tape was searched.

--
Charlie