I'm relatively new to the Linux world, although I've figured out several things this backup to tape with tar has me stumped. Below is a copy of a backup script used to backup the contents of the Linux partition hosted on the iSeries. The backup "seems" to work however I don't know how to restore the contents or a specific file from the tape. I'm quite frustrated with this so any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks

#!/bin/sh
# full backup to tape on iSeries
# created 4/29/04 modified 09/22/06

# The following line will debug the tape drive shared between linux and os400
# on SuSE Linux Enterprise Server. These lines were added at the recommendation
# of SuSE support on 4/29/04.

fuser -v /dev/iseries/vt0 | logger -t fuser

# ***********DIRS line needs to be readdressed. It is condensed for testing

# Change the three variables below.
DIRS="/junk" # Directories to backup
BACKUPTO=/dev/iseries/vt0 # where to store the backup
TAR=/bin/tar # name and location of tar command

# The lines below use the parms above to complete a backup.

PATH=/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin
echo "***** start time:"
date
echo "********** removing old sockets entries"
rm /var/sockets.txt
echo "************** finding sockets..."
find $DIRS -type s > /var/sockets.txt
echo "******************** archiving..."
$TAR -b 40 -cvf $BACKUPTO $DIRS --exclude-from=/var/sockets.txt --absolute-names --totals
echo "*************************************** End Time:"
date

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