Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!wuarchive!mit-eddie!uw-beaver!ubc-cs!alberta!cpsc.ucalgary.ca!ajfcal!blender!herb From: herb@blender.uucp (Herb Peyerl) Newsgroups: comp.sys.apollo Subject: Re: rbak/wbak internals inquiry. Message-ID: <1990Dec13.002721.i@> Date: 13 Dec 90 00:27:21 GMT References: <9012171351.AA13479@richter.mit.edu> Organization: Home for the Bewildered Lines: 19 krowitz@RICHTER.MIT.EDU (David Krowitz) writes: >It would be much easier to simply use "rbak //old_node/directory -as /new_directory" >to read back the old 9-track tapes into whatever directory structure you wish >before re-writing the tapes back out on your ctape drive. But this requires indexing each file section before restoring it because some file sections have absolute pathnames, and some have relative pathnames. The tapes have 10 file-sections each on average and on over 100 tapes, that adds up to a heck of a lot of operator time. Although, it looks as though we're going to have to resort to this method... Yech... -- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- UUCP: herb@blender.UUCP || #define Janitor Administrator ICBM: 51 03 N / 114 05 W || Apollo System_Janitor, Novatel Communications "I spilled spot remover on my dog and now he's gone..."