fbackup time and date

[Omar Alvi_1]

Hi,

Is there a way to find out the date and time of when a backup was made?

I know of the -u option, but my understanding is that this is not something a user can read, and is used only for incremental backups, to identify what backup is required.

The case at hand is a few unlabeled tapes ... and required to kjnow which backup was taken when.

... using what option in future could make life easier in this regard?

Regards,

-Alvi

[Helen French · Accepted solution]

Use the -V option:

# frecover -V /tmp/volume_header -f /dev/rmt/0m

Check the time and date field on the file /tmp/volume_header

[Robert-Jan Goossens]

Hi Alvi,

One possibility is to list the files from your fbackup

# frecover -I /tmp/index -f /dev/rmt/Xm

Hope it helps,

Robert-Jan.

[Alan Turner]

Assuming your tape is /dev/rmt/0m

frecover -V /tmp/tape01 -f /dev/rmt/0m
grep Time /tmp/tape01

(also, frecover -I /tmp/tape01.lis will give a quick and dirty view of what's on the tape)

try man frecover for more infomration

[harry d brown jr]

frecover -V filepath/filename

live free or die
harry

[Claudio_17]

You can read volume header of an fbackup tape using frecover -V index.txt -f /dev/rmt/0m

It create index.txt where you will find all info you need


BTW with -I option you get and index of all files saved on tape.


Regards