sergio@squid.rtech.com (Sergio Aponte) (10/20/89)
Is there a way to extract 1 file for a set of diskettes setup to be read by installp? You know, root can be so powerfull... ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Internet: sergio@squid.rtech.com Sergio L. Aponte, MTS @ RTI | | UUCP: {sun,mtxinu,pyramid,pacbell,hoptoad,amdahl,cpsc6a}!rtech!squid!sergio | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
karish@forel.stanford.edu (Chuck Karish) (10/20/89)
In article <3842@rtech.rtech.com> sergio@squid.UUCP (Sergio Aponte) wrote: > > Is there a way to extract 1 file [from] a set of diskettes setup to > be read by installp? restore -x -f /dev/rfd0 filename If you don't know the exact filename, use restore -T -f /dev/rfd0 first. The set of diskettes constitute a single `backup'-format archive, so it does no good to know which diskette contains the file you want. You always have to start with diskette 1 and feed 'em until restore finds your file. Chuck Karish karish@mindcraft.com (415) 493-9000 karish@forel.stanford.edu
dyer@spdcc.COM (Steve Dyer) (10/20/89)
In article <3842@rtech.rtech.com> sergio@squid.UUCP (Sergio Aponte) writes: > Is there a way to extract 1 file for a set of diskettes setup to > be read by installp? Diskettes used by "installp" are in restore format. You can get a listing of the diskette with "restore -T" and can extract individual files with "restore -x filename". -- Steve Dyer dyer@ursa-major.spdcc.com aka {ima,harvard,rayssd,linus,m2c}!spdcc!dyer dyer@arktouros.mit.edu, dyer@hstbme.mit.edu
sergio@squid.rtech.com (Sergio Aponte) (11/14/89)
In article <292@ursa-major.SPDCC.COM> dyer@ursa-major.spdcc.COM (Steve Dyer) writes: >Diskettes used by "installp" are in restore format. You can get a listing >of the diskette with "restore -T" and can extract individual files with >"restore -x filename". > >-- >Steve Dyer >dyer@ursa-major.spdcc.com aka {ima,harvard,rayssd,linus,m2c}!spdcc!dyer >dyer@arktouros.mit.edu, dyer@hstbme.mit.edu Is this supposed to work on tapes, also? The reason I say "supposed", is that I tried it. The file I needed was on vol #2. WHen It got to the end of vol #1, it stopped. I found there is a way to specify a vol to start with, but then it want's to restore a whole file system. This is on an RT, in this case, but should it matter? ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Internet: sergio@squid.rtech.com Sergio L. Aponte, MTS @ Ingres Corp. | | UUCP: {sun,mtxinu,pyramid,pacbell,hoptoad,amdahl,cpsc6a}!rtech!squid!sergio | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------