Joe wrote:

I finally got it out in interactive mode.  To be honest, I think
everything you have said here should be in the docs.  As far as
I can tell, there is no method explained on how to extract a
single file if you cannot use amrecover as in the case of a
missing amanda.conf.

You read: http://www.amanda.org/docs/restore.html ?

What I said was a combination of scenario 6 (iii) but with
easier case of using "amrestore" instead of "dd", as explained in
scenario 1.

The use of restore/tar to extract individual files is supposed to
be already known by a System Administrator.

And, rule number 1, it helps to practice restoring before disaster
really strikes.


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