frec(1M)                       DG/UX R4.11MU05                      frec(1M)


NAME
       frec - recover files from a backup tape

SYNOPSIS
       /etc/frec [-p path] [-f reqfile] raw-tape i-number:name ...

   where:
       path      A default prefixing pathname different from the current
                 working directory
       reqfile   The name of a file that contains recovery requests of the
                 format i-number:newname, one per line
       raw-tape  The pathname of a tape drive on which a backup tape written
                 by volcopy(1M) is mounted
       i-number  The inode number of the file being recovered
       name      The pathname of the file to which the data for each
                 recovery request is written

DESCRIPTION
       Frec recovers files from a specified backup tape.  If a directory is
       missing in name, it is created.

       Options are:

       -p     Prefix the specified pathname to any names that are not fully
              qualified, i.e., that do not begin with / or ./.

       -f     Read recovery requests from the specified file.

EXAMPLES
       If a file with i-number 1216 has been backed up, you can recover the
       file into a file named junk in your current working directory by
       typing the following:

       frec /dev/rmt/0m 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/0m 14156:a 1232:b 3141:/usr/joe/a.c

SEE ALSO
       cpio(1), volcopy(1M).

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

       Frec expects the volume label to match on all tapes.


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