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[John Goetz]

I have to restore data from a backup tape that was backed up via the gtar -cvMf command. What command would I use in HP-UX?

[Robert-Jan Goossens]

John,

I think you will have to use Gtar.

http://hpux.connect.org.uk/hppd/hpux/Gnu/tar-1.13.25/

Regards,
Robert-Jan

[A. Clay Stephenson]

Because this was created with Gnu tar, I would download and install Gnu tar from:
http://hpux.connect.org.uk/hppd/hpux/Gnu/tar-1.13.25/

Gnu tar can back up large files; something that standard tar cannot do -- unless patched. You will be much safer, using the Gnu version fore the restore.

tar vtf /dev/rmt/1m will list the contents of the media and
tar xvf /dev/rmt/1m (or whatever your tape device node is) will restore the files.