Thanks

Allen Liu


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Christoph Scheeder" <christoph.scheeder AT scheeder DOT de>
To: "Allen Liu --- work" <allen AT bellglobal DOT com>
Cc: <amanda-users AT amanda DOT org>
Sent: Thursday, February 26, 2004 2:51 AM
Subject: Re: ? amrecover to dir other than CWD


> Hi,
> if you want to restore in the original place, then, more or less, yes.
> You'll have to cwd to the dir specified in the disklist as startingpoint
> of the backup. From there on pathes are restored.
> But beware if there are files newer then the Backup you are restoring,
> they will be deleted without prompting, as amnda restores the contents
> of the dir's as they where at the backup.
> Most of us prefer to restore to a scratch are and then move the wanted
> files to the real destination for security reasons.
> Christoph
>
> Allen Liu --- work schrieb:
>
> > I am testing amrecover.
> > In its prompt, I can't find how to specify restore destination
directory. It
> > looks it always try to recover to CWD, is it true ?
> > Do I have to lcd to the destination dir and extract it ?
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > Allen Liu
> >
> > IP Application Design and Engineering
> > Bell Canada
> > (613) 781-7368, allen AT bellglobal DOT com
> > 1240 -160 Elgin St, Ottawa,ON, K2P 2C4
> >
>
>