.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
.\" SUCH DAMAGE.
.\"
-.\" $Id: restore.8.in,v 1.21 2002/01/16 09:32:14 stelian Exp $
+.\" $Id: restore.8.in,v 1.25 2002/02/04 11:18:46 stelian Exp $
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.Dd __DATE__
.Dt RESTORE 8
.Op Fl T Ar directory
.Nm restore
.Fl i
-.Op Fl chklmMNuvVy
+.Op Fl achklmMNuvVy
+.Op Fl A Ar file
.Op Fl b Ar blocksize
.Op Fl f Ar file
.Op Fl F Ar script
.Op Fl s Ar fileno
.Op Fl T Ar directory
.Nm restore
+.Fl P Ar file
+.Op Fl achklmMNuvVy
+.Op Fl A Ar file
+.Op Fl b Ar blocksize
+.Op Fl f Ar file
+.Op Fl F Ar script
+.Op Fl s Ar fileno
+.Op Fl T Ar directory
+.Op Fl X Ar filelist
+.Op file ...
+.Nm restore
.Fl R
.Op Fl cklMNuvVy
.Op Fl b Ar blocksize
.Nm restore
.Fl t
.Op Fl chklMNuvVy
+.Op Fl A Ar file
.Op Fl b Ar blocksize
.Op Fl f Ar file
.Op Fl F Ar script
.Op file ...
.Nm restore
.Fl x
-.Op Fl chklmMNuvVy
+.Op Fl achklmMNuvVy
+.Op Fl A Ar file
.Op Fl b Ar blocksize
.Op Fl f Ar file
.Op Fl F Ar script
.Nm restore
to print out information about each file as it is extracted.
.El
+.It Fl P Ar file
+.Nm Restore
+creates a new Quick File Access file
+.Ar file
+from an existing dump file without restoring its contents.
.It Fl R
.Nm Restore
requests a particular tape of a multi-volume set on which to restart
.Pp
The following additional options may be specified:
.Bl -tag -width Ds
+.It Fl a
+In
+.Fl i
+or
+.Fl x
+mode,
+.Nm restore
+does ask the user for the volume number on which the files to
+be extracted are supposed to be (in order to minimise the time
+be reading only the interesting volumes). The
+.Fl a
+option disables this behaviour and reads all the volumes starting
+with 1. This option is useful when the operator does not know on which
+volume the files to be extracted are and/or when he prefers the
+longer unattended mode rather than the shorter interactive mode.
+.It Fl A Ar archive_file
+Read the table of contents from
+.Ar archive_file
+instead of the media. This option can be used in combination with the
+.Fl t,
+.Fl i,
+or
+.Fl x
+options, making it possible to check whether files are on the media
+without having to mount the media.
.It Fl b Ar blocksize
The number of kilobytes per dump record.
If the
.Nm
reverts back to the real user ID and the real group ID before
running the script.
-.It Fl k
-Use Kerberos authentication when contacting the remote tape server.
-(Only available if this options was enabled when
-.Nm restore
-was compiled.)
-.Pp
.It Fl h
Extract the actual directory,
rather than the files that it references.
This prevents hierarchical restoration of complete subtrees
from the dump.
+.It Fl k
+Use Kerberos authentication when contacting the remote tape server.
+(Only available if this options was enabled when
+.Nm restore
+was compiled.)
.It Fl l
When doing remote restores, assume the remote file is a
regular file (instead of a tape device). If you're restoring
Use the file
.Ar file
in order to read tape position as stored using the dump Quick File
-Access mode.
+Access mode, in one of
+.Fl i,
+.Fl x
+or
+.Fl t
+mode.
.Pp
It is recommended to set up the st driver to return logical tape
positions rather than physical before calling dump/restore with
Before calling restore with parameter Q, always make sure the st
driver is set to return the same type of tape position used during the
call to dump. Otherwise restore may be confused.
+.Pp
+This option can be used when restoring from local or remote tapes
+(see above) or from local or remote files.
.It Fl s Ar fileno
Read from the specified
.Ar fileno