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31.Dd July 5, 2012
32.Dt RESTORE 8
33.Os
34.Sh NAME
35.Nm restore ,
36.Nm rrestore
37.Nd "restore UFS file systems or files from backups made with dump"
38.Sh SYNOPSIS
39.Nm
40.Fl i
41.Op Fl cdhkmNuvy
42.Op Fl b Ar blocksize
43.Op Fl f Ar file
44.Op Fl s Ar fileno
45.Nm
46.Fl R
47.Op Fl cdkNuvy
48.Op Fl b Ar blocksize
49.Op Fl f Ar file
50.Op Fl s Ar fileno
51.Nm
52.Fl r
53.Op Fl cdkNuvy
54.Op Fl b Ar blocksize
55.Op Fl f Ar file
56.Op Fl s Ar fileno
57.Nm
58.Fl t
59.Op Fl cdhkNuvy
60.Op Fl b Ar blocksize
61.Op Fl f Ar file
62.Op Fl s Ar fileno
63.Op Ar
64.Nm
65.Fl x
66.Op Fl cdhkmNuvy
67.Op Fl b Ar blocksize
68.Op Fl f Ar file
69.Op Fl s Ar fileno
70.Op Ar
71.Sh DESCRIPTION
72The
73.Nm
74utility performs the inverse function of
75.Xr dump 8 .
76A full backup of a file system may be restored and
77subsequent incremental backups layered on top of it.
78Single files and
79directory subtrees may be restored from full or partial
80backups.
81The
82.Nm
83utility works across a network;
84to do this see the
85.Fl f
86flag described below.
87Other arguments to the command are file or directory
88names specifying the files that are to be restored.
89Unless the
90.Fl h
91flag is specified (see below),
92the appearance of a directory name refers to
93the files and (recursively) subdirectories of that directory.
94.Pp
95.Nm
96may also be invoked as
97.Nm rrestore .
98The
99.Bx 4.3
100option syntax is implemented for backward compatibility, but
101is not documented here.
102.Pp
103Exactly one of the following flags is required:
104.Bl -tag -width Ds
105.It Fl i
106This mode allows interactive restoration of files from a dump.
107After reading in the directory information from the dump,
108.Nm
109provides a shell like interface that allows the user to move
110around the directory tree selecting files to be extracted.
111The available commands are given below;
112for those commands that require an argument,
113the default is the current directory.
114.Bl -tag -width Fl
115.It Ic add Op Ar arg
116The current directory or specified argument is added to the list of
117files to be extracted.
118If a directory is specified, then it and all its descendants are
119added to the extraction list
120(unless the
121.Fl h
122flag is specified on the command line).
123Files that are on the extraction list are prepended with a ``*''
124when they are listed by
125.Ic ls .
126.It Ic \&cd Ar arg
127Change the current working directory to the specified argument.
128.It Ic delete Op Ar arg
129The current directory or specified argument is deleted from the list of
130files to be extracted.
131If a directory is specified, then it and all its descendants are
132deleted from the extraction list
133(unless the
134.Fl h
135flag is specified on the command line).
136The most expedient way to extract most of the files from a directory
137is to add the directory to the extraction list and then delete
138those files that are not needed.
139.It Ic extract
140All the files that are on the extraction list are extracted
141from the dump.
142The
143.Nm
144utility will ask which volume the user wishes to mount.
145The fastest way to extract a few files is to
146start with the last volume, and work towards the first volume.
147.It Ic help
148List a summary of the available commands.
149.It Ic \&ls Op Ar arg
150List the current or specified directory.
151Entries that are directories are appended with a ``/''.
152Entries that have been marked for extraction are prepended with a ``*''.
153If the verbose
154flag is set the inode number of each entry is also listed.
155.It Ic pwd
156Print the full pathname of the current working directory.
157.It Ic quit
158Exit immediately,
159even if the extraction list is not empty.
160.It Ic setmodes
161All the directories that have been added to the extraction list
162have their owner, modes, and times set;
163nothing is extracted from the dump.
164This is useful for cleaning up after a restore has been prematurely aborted.
165.It Ic verbose
166The sense of the
167.Fl v
168flag is toggled.
169When set, the verbose flag causes the
170.Ic ls
171command to list the inode numbers of all entries.
172It also causes
173.Nm
174to print out information about each file as it is extracted.
175.It Ic what
176Display dump header information, which includes: date,
177level, label, and the file system and host dump was made
178from.
179.El
180.It Fl R
181Request a particular tape of a multi volume set on which to restart
182a full restore
183(see the
184.Fl r
185flag below).
186This is useful if the restore has been interrupted.
187.It Fl r
188Restore (rebuild a file system).
189The target file system should be made pristine with
190.Xr newfs 8 ,
191mounted and the user
192.Xr cd 1 Ns 'd
193into the pristine file system
194before starting the restoration of the initial level 0 backup.
195If the
196level 0 restores successfully, the
197.Fl r
198flag may be used to restore
199any necessary incremental backups on top of the level 0.
200The
201.Fl r
202flag precludes an interactive file extraction and can be
203detrimental to one's health if not used carefully (not to mention
204the disk). An example:
205.Bd -literal -offset indent
206newfs /dev/da0s1a
207mount /dev/da0s1a /mnt
208cd /mnt
209
210restore rf /dev/sa0
211.Ed
212.Pp
213Note that
214.Nm
215leaves a file
216.Pa restoresymtable
217in the root directory to pass information between incremental
218restore passes.
219This file should be removed when the last incremental has been
220restored.
221.Pp
222The
223.Nm
224utility ,
225in conjunction with
226.Xr newfs 8
227and
228.Xr dump 8 ,
229may be used to modify file system parameters
230such as size or block size.
231.It Fl t
232The names of the specified files are listed if they occur
233on the backup.
234If no file argument is given,
235then the root directory is listed,
236which results in the entire content of the
237backup being listed,
238unless the
239.Fl h
240flag has been specified.
241Note that the
242.Fl t
243flag replaces the function of the old
244.Xr dumpdir 8
245program.
246.It Fl x
247The named files are read from the given media.
248If a named file matches a directory whose contents
249are on the backup
250and the
251.Fl h
252flag is not specified,
253the directory is recursively extracted.
254The owner, modification time,
255and mode are restored (if possible).
256If no file argument is given,
257then the root directory is extracted,
258which results in the entire content of the
259backup being extracted,
260unless the
261.Fl h
262flag has been specified.
263.El
264.Pp
265The following additional options may be specified:
266.Bl -tag -width Ds
267.It Fl b Ar blocksize
268The number of kilobytes per dump record.
269If the
270.Fl b
271option is not specified,
272.Nm
273tries to determine the media block size dynamically.
274.It Fl c
275Normally,
276.Nm
277will try to determine dynamically whether the dump was made from an
278old (pre-4.4) or new format file system.  The
279.Fl c
280flag disables this check, and only allows reading a dump in the old
281format.
282.It Fl d
283Sends verbose debugging output to the standard error.
284.It Fl f Ar file
285Read the backup from
286.Ar file ;
287.Ar file
288may be a special device file
289like
290.Pa /dev/sa0
291(a tape drive),
292.Pa /dev/da1c
293(a disk drive),
294an ordinary file,
295or
296.Sq Fl
297(the standard input).
298If the name of the file is of the form
299.Dq host:file ,
300or
301.Dq user@host:file ,
302.Nm
303reads from the named file on the remote host using
304.Xr rmt 8 .
305.It Fl k
306Use Kerberos authentication when contacting the remote tape server.
307(Only available if this options was enabled when
308.Nm
309was compiled.)
310.It Fl h
311Extract the actual directory,
312rather than the files that it references.
313This prevents hierarchical restoration of complete subtrees
314from the dump.
315.It Fl m
316Extract by inode numbers rather than by file name.
317This is useful if only a few files are being extracted,
318and one wants to avoid regenerating the complete pathname
319to the file.
320.It Fl N
321Do the extraction normally, but do not actually write any changes
322to disk.
323This can be used to check the integrity of dump media
324or other test purposes.
325.It Fl s Ar fileno
326Read from the specified
327.Ar fileno
328on a multi-file tape.
329File numbering starts at 1.
330.It Fl u
331When creating certain types of files, restore may generate a warning
332diagnostic if they already exist in the target directory.
333To prevent this, the
334.Fl u
335(unlink) flag causes restore to remove old entries before attempting
336to create new ones.
337.It Fl v
338Normally
339.Nm
340does its work silently.
341The
342.Fl v
343(verbose)
344flag causes it to type the name of each file it treats
345preceded by its file type.
346.It Fl y
347Do not ask the user whether to abort the restore in the event of an error.
348Always try to skip over the bad block(s) and continue.
349.El
350.Sh ENVIRONMENT
351.Bl -tag -width ".Ev TMPDIR"
352.It Ev TAPE
353Device from which to read backup.
354.It Ev TMPDIR
355Name of directory where temporary files are to be created.
356.El
357.Sh FILES
358.Bl -tag -width "./restoresymtable" -compact
359.It Pa /dev/sa0
360the default tape drive
361.It Pa /tmp/rstdir*
362file containing directories on the tape.
363.It Pa /tmp/rstmode*
364owner, mode, and time stamps for directories.
365.It Pa \&./restoresymtable
366information passed between incremental restores.
367.El
368.Sh DIAGNOSTICS
369The
370.Nm
371utility complains if it gets a read error.
372If
373.Fl y
374has been specified, or the user responds
375.Ql y ,
376.Nm
377will attempt to continue the restore.
378.Pp
379If a backup was made using more than one tape volume,
380.Nm
381will notify the user when it is time to mount the next volume.
382If the
383.Fl x
384or
385.Fl i
386flag has been specified,
387.Nm
388will also ask which volume the user wishes to mount.
389The fastest way to extract a few files is to
390start with the last volume, and work towards the first volume.
391.Pp
392There are numerous consistency checks that can be listed by
393.Nm .
394Most checks are self-explanatory or can ``never happen''.
395Common errors are given below.
396.Pp
397.Bl -tag -width Ds -compact
398.It Converting to new file system format.
399A dump tape created from the old file system has been loaded.
400It is automatically converted to the new file system format.
401.Pp
402.It <filename>: not found on tape
403The specified file name was listed in the tape directory,
404but was not found on the tape.
405This is caused by tape read errors while looking for the file,
406and from using a dump tape created on an active file system.
407.Pp
408.It expected next file <inumber>, got <inumber>
409A file that was not listed in the directory showed up.
410This can occur when using a dump created on an active file system.
411.Pp
412.It Incremental dump too low
413When doing incremental restore,
414a dump that was written before the previous incremental dump,
415or that has too low an incremental level has been loaded.
416.Pp
417.It Incremental dump too high
418When doing incremental restore,
419a dump that does not begin its coverage where the previous incremental
420dump left off,
421or that has too high an incremental level has been loaded.
422.Pp
423.It Tape read error while restoring <filename>
424.It Tape read error while skipping over inode <inumber>
425.It Tape read error while trying to resynchronize
426A tape (or other media) read error has occurred.
427If a file name is specified,
428then its contents are probably partially wrong.
429If an inode is being skipped or the tape is trying to resynchronize,
430then no extracted files have been corrupted,
431though files may not be found on the tape.
432.Pp
433.It resync restore, skipped <num> blocks
434After a dump read error,
435.Nm
436may have to resynchronize itself.
437This message lists the number of blocks that were skipped over.
438.El
439.Sh SEE ALSO
440.Xr UFS 5 ,
441.Xr dump 8 ,
442.Xr mount 8 ,
443.Xr newfs 8 ,
444.Xr rmt 8
445.Sh HISTORY
446The
447.Nm
448utility appeared in
449.Bx 4.2 .
450.Sh BUGS
451The
452.Nm
453utility can get confused when doing incremental restores from
454dumps that were made on active file systems.
455.Pp
456A level zero dump must be done after a full restore.
457Because restore runs in user code,
458it has no control over inode allocation;
459thus a full dump must be done to get a new set of directories
460reflecting the new inode numbering,
461even though the contents of the files is unchanged.
462.Pp
463To do a network restore, you have to run restore as root.  This is due
464to the previous security history of dump and restore.  (restore is
465written to be setuid root, but we are not certain all bugs are gone
466from the restore code - run setuid at your own risk.)
467.Pp
468The temporary files
469.Pa /tmp/rstdir*
470and
471.Pa /tmp/rstmode*
472are generated with a unique name based on the date of the dump
473and the process ID (see
474.Xr mktemp 3 ) ,
475except for when
476.Fl r
477or
478.Fl R
479is used.
480Because
481.Fl R
482allows you to restart a
483.Fl r
484operation that may have been interrupted, the temporary files should
485be the same across different processes.
486In all other cases, the files are unique because it is possible to
487have two different dumps started at the same time, and separate
488operations shouldn't conflict with each other.
489