How to extract an individual file from an AIX mksysb on tape
To extract an individual file from a mksysb on tape:
# restore -s4 -xqvf /dev/rmt0.1 /my/filename
Example:
restore -s4 -xqvf /dev/rmt0.1 ./etc/passwd
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Thanks for this useful hint. I found it via Google.
I would like to add that the dot as the first character of the file specification is CRUCIAL. All files in the mksysb image are stored with file specification starting with the dot.
I used this method to restore a file using an mksysb image file written to an NFS mounted folder instead of a tape drive. It works fine using the same flags and the mksysb file specification instead of the tape device specification.
3 comments:
Thanks for this useful hint. I found it via Google.
I would like to add that the dot as the first character of the file specification is CRUCIAL. All files in the mksysb image are stored with file specification starting with the dot.
I used this method to restore a file using an mksysb image file written to an NFS mounted folder instead of a tape drive. It works fine using the same flags and the mksysb file specification instead of the tape device specification.
Sorry, I posted just before a wrong statement: for restore from an mksysb file the -s4 flag has to be omitted. The other flags -xqvf have to be kept.
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