>         True,
>         I was thinking that since I could extract a list of files with
> the "q backup" command, I could then plug them into a list and use the
> "-filelist" option.
>
>         My only concern with doing it that way is that according to the
> docs, the restore will go through the list, file by file, with no
> optimization as to the tape mounts. I am afraid that it may end up
> mounting and remounting the same tapes over an over depending on how the
> files are listed.

I have used the -filelist option a number of times, and my experience
indicates that the documentation is simply wrong in this regard; each
tape needed is mounted once, with the possible exception of cases in
which a file spanning tapes is restored.