Using fbackup/frecover command

[Moekti]

I want to change my script that use tar command in advance to fbackup/frecover command due to efective reason. I still can not find a command for listing a contains of archive in a tape. In tar command, we can use t option.

Could any one help me please?

rgds,

Dewa Negara

[R Madhavan]

use 1. frecover -I (if your tape drive is not 0m, use -f option to specify the drive).
2. cat or view the filename.

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[Sandor Horvath_2]

Hi !

If You use fbackup with -I filename option then it create the index file to filename.
Just view filename.
Otherwise use frecover -I filename and it create the index from backup media.

regards, Saa

[Rodney Hills]

The -I option described before only reads the header file on the fbackup tape. Generally this listing is correct and is a quick way to see what the system TRIED to backup.
To actually read the contents of the whole tape use
frecover -n -v -f /dev/tape

This will read the tape and display the contents, unfortunately it does not include file size :(

-- Rod H

[Larry Basford]

Going to script the backup caution
fbackup always does a rewind
you can't append to a tape
Try vxbackup It is the fastest and does an interactive recover of files and you can easily restore to a different location.
/usr/sbin/vxdump -0 -f /dev/rmt/0mn -u / 2>>/var/adm/backup.log
/usr/sbin/vxdump -0 -f /dev/rmt/0mn -u /var 2>>/var/adm/backup.log
/usr/sbin/vxdump -0 -f /dev/rmt/0mn -u /usr 2>>/var/adm/backup.log

the -0mn is no rewind so it appends backups of the file systems
you can send a backup to a file if you like.
/usr/sbin/vxdump -0 -f /tmp/testbackup /usr

restore if /tmp/testbackup
vxrestore>
? for help or read the man page

if puts you in interactive mode