.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
.\" SUCH DAMAGE.
.\"
-.\" $Id: restore.8.in,v 1.19 2001/11/16 14:09:07 stelian Exp $
+.\" $Id: restore.8.in,v 1.23 2002/01/22 11:12:28 stelian Exp $
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.Dd __DATE__
.Dt RESTORE 8
.Op Fl D Ar filesystem
.Op Fl f Ar file
.Op Fl F Ar script
+.Op Fl L Ar limit
.Op Fl s Ar fileno
.Op Fl T Ar directory
.Nm restore
.Fl i
-.Op Fl chklmMNuvVy
+.Op Fl achklmMNuvVy
.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 b Ar blocksize
.Op Fl f Ar file
.Op Fl F Ar script
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.
+See also the
+.Fl L
+flag described below.
.It Fl i
This mode allows interactive restoration of files from a dump.
After reading in the directory information from the dump,
.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 b Ar blocksize
The number of kilobytes per dump record.
If the
option or
.Nm restore
will fail to access it correctly.
+.It Fl L Ar limit
+The
+.Fl L
+flag allows the user to specify a maximal number of miscompares
+when using
+.Nm restore
+with the
+.Fl C
+option to check the backup. If this limit is reached,
+.Nm restore
+will abort with an error message. A value of 0 (the default value)
+disables the check.
.It Fl m
Extract by inode numbers rather than by file name.
This is useful if only a few files are being extracted,
.Fl N
flag causes
.Nm
-to only print file names. Files are not extracted.
+to perform a full execution as requested by one of
+.Fl i,
+.Fl R,
+.Fl r,
+.Fl t
+or
+.Fl x
+command without actually writing any file on disk.
.It Fl Q Ar file
Use the file
.Ar file
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 tapes (see above)
+or from local files.
.It Fl s Ar fileno
Read from the specified
.Ar fileno
.Pp
Starting with 0.4b5, the new maintainer is Stelian Pop
.br
-<pop@noos.fr>.
+<stelian@popies.net>.
.Sh AVAILABILITY
The
.Nm dump/restore