On Mon, Jul 17, 2006 at 05:57:45AM -0700, silpa kala enlightened us:
> I need some clarification. I worked on amrestore ,
> which we can retrieve the backup image from holding
> disk or tape.
> amrestore /dev/nst0
> amrestore holdingdiskname
> 
> But I didn't understand the amrecover. I feel
> amrecover is also developed for the same purpose.
> 
> Why we need two commands for the restore?
> 
> Is there any detailed technical mannual is available
> for amrecover?
> 
> Please clarify the doubts.
> 

amrecover gives you an interactive interface to select specific files.
amrestore is used for pulling entire DLE's from tape.

There is a man page for amrecover and source code. What more do you need?

Matt

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Matt Hyclak
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