Fbackup tape file location

[Ross Asbury]

What is the syntax taht I use to determine if a specific file is on a tape created with fbackup?

[James R. Ferguson · Accepted solution]

Hi Ross:

# frecover -I /tmp/frecoverlist -f /dev/rmt/0m

...will list the files written to your tape. The contents (index of files) are written to the output file specified by '-I'. No recovery occurs.

Regards!

...JRF...

[Sajjad Sahir]

dear ross
if u used fbackup for back up a file u can use frecover command to restore the files
u can use different opitons with frecover command see man frecover

What is the syntax taht I use to determine if a specific file is on a tape created with fbackup?

here
u have specific path
for that u can use
frecover -l then pathname -f /dev/rmt/0m
where l is path and f is device

thanks and regards

sajjad

[Bill Hassell]

frecover understands stdout so this will very quickly find the file for you:

frecover -I - -f /dev/rmt/0m | grep YourFile

fbackup stores an index to all files and directories at the front of the tape so the -I - option will immediately return the entire index.

[Ross Asbury]

I used teh syntax:
frecover -I /tmp/frecoverlist -f /dev/rmt/0m to gerneate a list of files and then did a find within the file.