[ale] HOWTO->list tape contents after dump using restore ?

[Courtney Thomas]

Thanks for your reply !

What I failed to convey is:

	I only want to "list on the console screen" the files that have been
dumped in /, and /usr, and /var; to see if they actually were dumped.

But......
	what I get, After Rewinding, the tape to the beginning is:

[1]
in the case of -> /:
	the files are listed satisfactorily by the command ->

		/sbin/rrestore -t -f user at machine:/dev/<whatever>


[2]
however, in the case of -> /usr

	if I give the command ->

/sbin/rrestore -t -f user at machine:/dev/<whatever> /dev/<usr> 

all that is reported is -> "the dir name only", /dev/<usr>, but none of
the files therein.

[3]
The same is true of /dev/<var>.



Thanks for any clarification regarding this problem.

BTW, I am familiar with the mt position command(s), but I don't know
what is required [conceptually] to properly position the tape to list
the included files in the case of /usr and /var.

I am using nrst0 for no-rewind when dumping. 

Cordially,

Courtney
  

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Grey Matter wrote:
> 
> 1) use /dev/ntape for no-rewind
> 2) `man mt` for tape positioning commands
> 3) when restoring, do NOT specify anything to restore everything
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Courtney Thomas
> 
> > Greetings !
> >
> > Sorry for posting what I assume to be a "simple/obvious" query, but I
> > can't figure it out.
> >
> > First, I rewound the tape after dumping /,/usr/,/var, in that sequence.
> >  
> > Then, I tried......
> > /sbin/rrestore 0auf user at machine:/dev/tape
> > which works for /.
> >
> > Must I now reposition the tape to ls /usr, and again position for /var.
> > If so, how should this be successfully done ?
> >
> > Then I tried.......
> > /sbin/rrestore 0auf user at machine:/dev/tape /dev/usr
> > and all I got was the dir, i.e. /usr, w/o displaying the files therein.
> >
> > The same goes for /var.