From: Green, Simon (SGreen@KRAFTEUROPE.COM)
Date: Thu Aug 22 2002 - 11:04:30 EDT
With tar, this can be difficult, depending on how it was created.
Do a tar -tf /dev/rmt0. If they're backed up as "./user/version5/..." (more
usual) then it's a relative file name. If you run the command from /tmp,
files will be restored to /tmp/user/version5.
If it shows files backed up as "/user/version5/...", then that's where
they'll be restored, and there's nothing you can do about it.
You may be able to do this with the pax command, though. Try...
pax -rf/dev/rmt0 -s/version5/new_version5/
That will restore everything into "/user/version5/...". If you want it
somewhere else, it's not too difficult to specify. (The default delimiter
is "/", but you can use any character you like. Check the man page, of
course.)
Simon Green
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-----Original Message-----
From: Mark Monroe [mailto:mark.monroe@FORMSANDSUPPLY.COM]
Sent: 22 August 2002 15:27
To: aix-l@Princeton.EDU
Subject: Tar Tape Restore
I have a tar tape that was built with various files in this path:
/user/version5/
I need to tar restore these files onto my system -- but -- I need to restore
the files to a different path. I am having problems finding some doc that
gives me the proper statement to do this.
Would someone mind giving me a hand with this?
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