Re: How to recover a file from a backup...

1999-09-27 Thread Peter S Galbraith
Good advice. When you can't find a file on a tape, try _listing_ the files on the tape and then list the path exactly as it reported it. Omitting the leading slash is the right thing to try. Shao Zhang wrote: > Hi, > Just a quick guess, have you tried this: > > tar xvf /dev/st0 va

Re: How to recover a file from a backup...

1999-09-27 Thread Shao Zhang
Hi, Just a quick guess, have you tried this: tar xvf /dev/st0 var/spool/mail/xxx i.e. withour the leading slash '/' Shao. Mario Jorge Nunes Filipe [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi > > Last week i made a backup of our mail server using tar. I used the > following command: >

Re: How to recover a file from a backup...

1999-09-27 Thread Seth R Arnold
On Mon, Sep 27, 1999 at 09:00:08AM +0100, Mario Jorge Nunes Filipe wrote: > Can anyone give me a hint on how to recover the damn file. I wish I could help you, but I haven't any experience with this... But, I thought I would take the time to suggest the 'supertar' products, such as lonetar, or cta