Hi Everyone,

I am trying to restore a file from tape using the restore command. The following is the command I'm using:

This works correctly and I am able to navigate through the tape and find the file I want to restore. However, after adding the file to the list, and using the extract command, and giving the next volume as "1", the process just hangs.

I believe it is supposed to prompt me for owner/mode, where I would just say 'Y', but that never happens.




What might cause this, and does anyone have any help about how I might be able to restore that file?

To further diagnose the problem I suggest that immediately after your command:
add openstrt.1
you issue a command:
ls
to see if openstrt.1 was actually added to the list of files to be restored.

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Steve Stites

Here's an update:

After getting fed up with it, I ran it until it reach the point where it hangs, and then I just left it. I came back to it later that night and it had moved onto the next step.

It's the first time I've used this command, I'm not sure if it's supposed to take this long or not, but it did work after waiting a while for it to move on.

Hi Steve,

The ls command in this situation does not print items added to the list of restores. Ls simply lists the items in this directory within the tape.

I read through the man pages for restore and did some research online, never found out how to actually output a list of items added to the extraction list.

I did however get annoyed enough to just start the command and walk away and just wait for it. Eventually it moved onto the next part where it asks for the owner/mode. And from there, it worked fine.

The openstrt.1 file wasn't particularly big either which is strange.

This is the first time I've had to use that command though, so it's possible that it's completely normal for it to take a long time to go through.