From: utzoo!decvax!harpo!floyd!vax135!ariel!houti!hogpc!houxm!ihnp4!ixn5c!inuxc!pur-ee!uiucdcs!essick Newsgroups: net.unix-wizards Title: Re: Thoughts on system backups - (nf) Article-I.D.: uiucdcs.1842 Posted: Thu Apr 7 22:40:31 1983 Received: Tue Apr 12 23:04:45 1983 #R:ittvax:-67000:uiucdcs:13700027:000:529 uiucdcs!essick Apr 7 08:41:00 1983 Rob Kolstad (parsec!kolstad) has a modified version of /etc/restor which he calls "retrieve". Retrieve allows you to read dump tapes the way you would with a tar; it creates intermediate directories, recursively extracts directories and in general does all the things that you wish /etc/restor did. I'm sure he would be more than willing to send copies of the code to interested persons. Rob can be reached at: USENET: decvax!pur-ee!uiucdcs!parsec!kolstad MaBellNet: (214)-669-3700 -- Ray Essick, University of Illinois