Dump/Restore?

[Chris Maness]

utisoft at googlemail.com wrote:
> On 14 Sep 2009 02:50, Chris Maness <chris at chrismaness.com> wrote:
> > On Sun, Sep 13, 2009 at 6:15 PM, Chris Maness chris at chrismaness.com> 
> wrote:
> >
> > > I level 0 dump of my server.  I lost a file that I need back.  Is it
> >
> > > possible to use restore like tar and explode it into a directory
> >
> > > instead of a pristine partition/mount?  Or even better, is it possible
> >
> > > to just extract a single file without exploding the whole tape dump?
> >
> > >
> >
> > > Sorry if the question seems stupid.
> >
> > >
> >
> > > Chris KQ6UP
> >
> > >
> >
> >
> >
> > Sorry, I was reading the restore man from my mac, and it was not as
> >
> > clear.  The restore does not seem to work from my mac (this is where
> >
> > my backup dumps reside as I have two massive HDs).  I guess the mac
> >
> > restore would only work with HFS+ and not UFS.  I guess the only way
> >
> > would be to move the massive dump file back over to the FreeBSD
> >
> > server.
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> >
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Chris KQ6UP
> >
> > _______________________________________________
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> Try using NFS or cat over ssh, something like
>
> $ ssh my_mac 'cat dumpfile' | restore -if -
>
> restore treats the file as a tape, so it doesn't pull any bytes until 
> you ask it to. This should be the least network intensive way of doing 
> it....
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>
> Good luck!
>
> Chris 
Thanks, that looks like a pretty cool trick.

Chris