On Thu, 13 Jul 2006, Ron Johnson wrote: > gpgkeys: HTTP fetch error 7: couldn't connect: eof > Haines Brown wrote: > > I asked this question before, but received no answer. Sorry to > > post it again. > > > > The question is a simple one: can I use tar to extract a file > > from a tape backup made with a backup application? > > Depends on the format. "Tape ARchive" most probably doesn't > understand proprietary formats... >
Yep, what program did you use to make the backup? For me I have a cron job that runs nightly and uses tar to back things up. The command I use is... tar --totals --label="System Backup For `date -d yesterday +%m-%d-%Y`" -cvf /dev/tape / Then when I want to restore something off the tape (say my home directory), I'd do the following... tar xvMf /dev/nst0 home/zoid This will restore my home directory to whatever directory I am currently in. Maybe give that a shot and see how it works. > > On a sarge machine, I have a WangDAT 3100 tape drive from the > > late 1990s. The tape from which I would like to recover certain > > files was made back in 1998 with bru 2000/xbru. > [snip] > > > > When I tried the tvf options for tar, I get the same result. > > > > How does one extract the *xyz files from the tape? > > You don't mention having tried Googling for BRU? > > http://www.tolisgroup.com/products/ > http://www.tolisgroup.com/about/contactus.html > > -- > Ron Johnson, Jr. > Jefferson LA USA > > Is "common sense" really valid? > For example, it is "common sense" to white-power racists that > whites are superior to blacks, and that those with brown skins > are mud people. > However, that "common sense" is obviously wrong. > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ------------ Output from gpg ------------ > gpg: Signature made Thu Jul 13 12:07:02 2006 EDT using DSA key ID BDFB5E67 > gpg: requesting key BDFB5E67 from hkp server keyserver.cryptnet.net > gpg: no valid OpenPGP data found. > gpg: Total number processed: 0 > gpg: Can't check signature: public key not found -- Rob Hensley [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.robhensley.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
