FREC(1M-SysV)       RISC/os Reference Manual        FREC(1M-SysV)



NAME
     frec - recover files from a backup tape

SYNOPSIS
     /etc/frec [-p path | ] [-f reqfile | ] raw_tape
     i_number:name ...

DESCRIPTION
     frec recovers files from the specified raw_tape backup tape
     written by volcopy(1M), given their i_numbers.  The data for
     each recovery request will be written into the file given by
     name.

     The -p option allows you to specify a default prefixing path
     different from your current working directory.  This will be
     prefixed to any names that are not fully qualified, i.e.
     that do not begin with / or ./.  If any directories are
     missing in the paths of recovery names they will be created.

     -p path   Specifies a prefixing path to be used to fully
               qualify any names that do not start with / or ./.

     -f reqfile
               Specifies a file which contains recovery requests.
               The format is i_number:newname, one per line.

EXAMPLES
     To recover a file, i_number 1216 when backed-up, into a file
     named junk in your current working directory:

          frec  /dev/rSA/ctape1  1216:junk

     To recover files with i_numbers 14156, 1232, and 3141 into
     files /usr/src/cmd/a, /usr/src/cmd/b and /usr/joe/a.c:

     frec  -p  /usr/src/cmd  /dev/rSA/ctape1  14156:a  1232:b
       3141:/usr/joe/a.c

SEE ALSO
     volcopy(1M).
     cpio(1) in the User's Reference Manual.

ERRORS
     While paving a path (i.e. creating the intermediate direc-
     tories contained in a pathname) frec can only recover inode
     fields for those directories contained on the tape and
     requested for recovery.








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