Vytas Janusauskas wrote:

This list the following:

AMANDA: FILE 20050304 dendron.l8r.net /mnt/vxa2/scans/c/Seven_Unix lev 0 comp .gz program /bin/tar

To restore, position tape at start of file and run:
        dd if=<tape> bs=32k skip=1 | /bin/gzip -dc | bin/tar -f... -

So I rewind the tape skip 2 files and then issue:

dd if=/dev/nst0 bs=32k skip=1 | /bin/gzip -dc | /bin/gtar -f  ????

It's obscure, but many program that expect a filename, also accept
the placeholder filename "-" (a single hyphen) to stand for stdin
(standard input:  the terminal, or whatever is fed into by the piped
command before).

I tried various things as substitutes for ???? such as /mnt/vxa2/scans/c/Seven_Unix and

              dendron.l8r.net._mnt_vxa2_scans_c_Seven__Pent22.20050304.0

Results is always an error similar to the following:

/bin/tar: dendron.l8r.net._mnt_vxa2_scans_c_Seven__Unix.20050304.0: Cannot open: No such file or directory

/bin/tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now
/bin/tar: Child returned status 2
/bin/tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors
1+0 records in
0+0 records out
0 bytes transferred in 0.021878 seconds (0 bytes/sec)

Any pointer to what I should be putting on the final command line would be appreciated.

I usually extract with these options:

    $ su     # we need to be root to be able to restore owner, etc.
    # mkdir /the/lost/directory  # where to place the files
    # cd /the/lost/directory
    # dd if=.... bs=32k skip=1 | /path/to/gnutar -xzpvf -

        -x   :  extract
        -z   :  filter through gzip
        -p   :  preserve permissions
        -v   :  some animation on the screen
        -f - :  read from standard input


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