Thanks to all who sent me advice. I'm afraid I had already tried all the things people had suggested, except trying to add the whole directory instead of just the file I wanted to restore. (Thanks to Gary Hennigan for suggesting that) That seemed to do the trick.
dragon:~/tmp# restore -i -v -f ~/prev/dragon.hda2.19980523.0 Verify tape and initialize maps Tape block size is 32 Dump date: Sat May 23 03:44:19 1998 Dumped from: the epoch Level 0 dump of /home on dragon:/dev/hda2 Label: none Extract directories from tape Initialize symbol table. restore > cd bcwhite restore > add longtmp Make node ./bcwhite Make node ./bcwhite/longtmp Make node ./bcwhite/longtmp/heli_renders Make node ./bcwhite/longtmp/heli_renders/64 Make node ./bcwhite/longtmp/heli_renders/128 Make node ./bcwhite/longtmp/heli_renders/256 Make node ./bcwhite/longtmp/heli_renders/512 Make node ./bcwhite/longtmp/heli_renders/800 Make node ./bcwhite/longtmp/textures restore > extract Extract requested files You have not read any tapes yet. Unless you know which volume your file(s) are on you should start with the last volume and work towards the first. Specify next volume #: 1 extract file ./bcwhite/longtmp/bug3847.html extract file ./bcwhite/longtmp/bugs-mail extract file ./bcwhite/longtmp/helicopter_info extract file ./bcwhite/longtmp/make-heli-renders extract file ./bcwhite/longtmp/testfuncs.cpp extract file ./bcwhite/longtmp/heli_renders/64/heli_0_0001.tif extract file ./bcwhite/longtmp/heli_renders/64/heli_0_0000.tif extract file ./bcwhite/longtmp/heli_renders/800/heli_270_0002.tif <snip> extract file ./bcwhite/longtmp/textures/MoonMap.tif extract file ./bcwhite/longtmp/textures/MoonMap.bmp extract file ./bcwhite/longtmp/textures/VenusMap.tif extract file ./bcwhite/longtmp/textures/VenusMap.bmp Create symbolic link ./bcwhite/longtmp/textures/sphere01.bmp->VenusMap.bmp Create symbolic link ./bcwhite/longtmp/textures/sphere02.bmp->MoonMap.bmp Add links Set directory mode, owner, and times. fopen: No such file or directory cannot open mode file /tmp//rstmode895909459 directory mode, owner, and times not set restore > q dragon:~/tmp# I tried it also a second time, adding the whole directory and then removing the other files I didn't want to restore and it worked as well. I think there is a bug here somewhere, as it seems likely that restore should allow you to "add" a single file. Thanks again to all who sent advice! Behan -- Behan Webster mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] +1-613-224-7547 http://www.verisim.com/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
