Dump and restore command usage ??

vikas027 · 04-30-2008, 02:52 AM

Hi,

I am using RHEL 4.0
I need to take backup of a directory and then restore it to some other location.

For taking Backup of final directory, I am using this code:

Code:

dump -0aj -f /home/vicky/final.dump /home/vicky/final/

Now, I am trying to restore this final.dump to some other directory, say /tmp/vv

When, I am using code

Code:

restore -rf final.dump /tmp/vv

I am getting these errors :-

Code:

[root@xxx tmp]# restore -rf final.dump /tmp/vv
Dump tape is compressed.
restore: ./home: File exists
restore: ./home/vicky: File exists
restore: ./home/vicky/final: File exists
[root@xxxx tmp]#

The final.dump is again trying to uncompress in /home/.

Pls help, I need to uncompress final.dump in some other location.

Thanks in adv.
Vikas

fukawi2 · 04-30-2008, 10:11 PM

Any particular reason you're using dump / restore specifically?

Code:

cd /home/vicky/final/
tar cvf /tmp/final.tar *
cd /tmp/vv/
tar xvf /tmp/final.tar

vikas027 · 04-30-2008, 10:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by fukawi2

Any particular reason you're using dump / restore specifically?

Code:

cd /home/vicky/final/
tar cvf /tmp/final.tar *
cd /tmp/vv/
tar xvf /tmp/final.tar

Hi,

No there is no particular reason.I am just trying to know the exact usage of dump command. I could google it. I know there are many other alternatives available.

Thanks,
Vikas

vikas027 · 05-04-2008, 09:55 PM

people pls someone help me out.