frec(1M)                                                           frec(1M)


   NAME
         frec - recover files from a backup tape

   SYNOPSIS
         /usr/sbin/frec [-p path] [-f reqfile] raw_tape i_number:name . . .

   DESCRIPTION
         frec recovers files from the specified raw_tape backup tape written
         by volcopy or finc, given their i_numbers.  The data for each
         recovery request will be written into the file given by name .

         The -p option allows you to specify a default prefixing path
         different from your current working directory.  This will be prefixed
         to any names that are not fully qualified (i.e. that do not begin
         with / or ./).  If any directories are missing in the paths of
         recovery names, they will be created.

         -p path         Specifies a prefixing path to be used to fully
                         qualify any names that do not start with / or ./.

         -f reqfile      Specifies a file which contains recovery requests.
                         The format is i_number:newname, one per line.

   EXAMPLES
         To recover a file, i_number 1216 when backed-up, into a file named
         junk in your current working directory:

               frec  /dev/rmt/ctape1  1216:junk

         To recover files with i_numbers 14156, 1232, and 3141 into files
         /usr/src/cmd/a, /usr/src/cmd/b and /usr/joe/a.c:

               frec -p /usr/src/cmd /dev/rmt/ctape1 14156:a 1232:b \
                        3141:/usr/joe/a.c

   SEE ALSO
         ff(1M), finc(1M), labelit(1M), volcopy(1M).
         cpio(1) in the User's Reference Manual.

   NOTES
         While paving a path (i.e., creating the intermediate directories
         contained in a pathname) frec can only recover inode fields for those
         directories contained on the tape and requested for recovery.










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