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| author | Jacob McDonnell <jacob@jacobmcdonnell.com> | 2026-04-25 21:07:28 -0400 |
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| committer | Jacob McDonnell <jacob@jacobmcdonnell.com> | 2026-04-25 21:07:28 -0400 |
| commit | 711594636704defae873be1a355a292505585afd (patch) | |
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docs: Added UNIX V10 Manuals
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diff --git a/static/v10/man8/restor.8 b/static/v10/man8/restor.8 new file mode 100644 index 00000000..359164a1 --- /dev/null +++ b/static/v10/man8/restor.8 @@ -0,0 +1,112 @@ +.th RESTOR VIII 11/24/73 +.sh NAME +restor \*- incremental file system restore +.sh SYNOPSIS +.bd restor +key [ arguments ] +.sh DESCRIPTION +.it Restor +is used to read magtapes dumped with the +.it dump +command. +The +.it key +argument specifies what is to be done. +.it Key +is a character from the set +.bd trxw. +.s3 +.lp +5 3 +\fBt\fR The date that the tape was made and the date that +was specified in the +.it dump +command are printed. +A list of all of the i-numbers on the tape +are also given. +.s3 +.lp +5 3 +\fBr\fR The tape +is read and loaded into the file system +specified in +.it arguments. +This should not be done lightly (see below). +.s3 +.lp +5 3 +\fBx\fR Each file on the +tape is individually extracted into +a file whose name is the file's i-number. +If +there are +.it arguments, +they are interpreted as i-numbers and only they are +extracted. +.s3 +.lp +5 3 +\fBw\fR In conjunction with the +.bd x +option, +before each file is extracted, +its i-number is typed out. +To extract this file, +you must respond with +.bd y. +.s3 +.i0 +The +.bd r +option should only be used to restore +a complete dump tape onto a clear file system +or to restore an incremental dump tape onto this. +Thus +.s3 + /etc/mkfs /dev/rp0 40600 +.br + restor r /dev/rp0 +.s3 +is a typical sequence to restore a complete dump. +Another +.it restor +can be done to get an incremental dump +in on top of this. +.s3 +A +.it dump +followed by a +.it mkfs +and a +.it restor +is used to +change the size of a file system. +.sh FILES +/dev/mt0 +.sh "SEE ALSO" +dump, mkfs, check, clri (VIII) +.sh DIAGNOSTICS +There are various diagnostics +involved with reading the tape and writing the disk. +There are also diagnostics if the i-list or the free list +of the file system is not large enough to hold the dump. +.sh BUGS +There is redundant information on the tape +that could be used in case of tape reading problems. +Unfortunately, +.it restor's +approach is to exit if anything is wrong. +.s3 +Files that have been deleted are +not removed when incremental tapes are loaded. +It will be necessary to +.it check +the restored file system and +.it clri +any files that show up with +a 201 delta diagnostic. +.s3 +The current version of +.it restor +does not free space occupied +by files that are overwritten. +Thus a +.it check +will have to be performed to reclain the missing +space. |
