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'\" Copyright 1989 Regents of the University of California
'\" Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this
'\" documentation for any purpose and without fee is hereby
'\" granted, provided that this notice appears in all copies.
'\" The University of California makes no representations about
'\" the suitability of this material for any purpose. It is
'\" provided "as is" without express or implied warranty.
'\"
'\" $Header$
'/"
.so \*(]ltmac.sprite
.HS RESTORE cmds
.BS
.SH NAME
restore \- Restore a file, or set of files from a dump archive.
.SH SYNOPSIS
\fBrestore\fR [\fIoptions\fR] \fIpath1 path2 ...\fR
.SH OPTIONS
.IP "\fB\-f \fIfilename\fR" 15
Use \fIfilename\fR as the name of the dump archive instead of the default.
.IP "\fB\-help \fR" 15
Print a help message.
.IP "\fB\-n filenumber\fR" 15
If there are multiple files in the archive, use file number \fBfilenumber\fR.
.IP "\fB\-r \fR" 15
Restore using relative pathnames. The leading '/' is stripped off.
.IP "\fB\-t \fR" 15
Print the table of contents for the dump archive.
.IP "\fB\-v \fR" 15
Verbose. The name of each file is listed as it is dumped.
.BE
.SH DESCRIPTION
.PP
The \fBrestore\fR command is used to restore a file or set of files
from a dump archive. The dump archive is created by the \fBdump\fR
command. If a specified path is a single file, then that file
is restored. If it is a directory, all files contained in that
directory will be recursively restored. If the path is a
shell syntax regular expression, then all files in the dump archive
matching the expression will be restored.
All the specified paths should be absolute, hard paths. I.e., they
should start with the root directory, and should not contain any
symbolic links. Be especially careful when restoring something to
your home directory because most home directories on Sprite are symbolic
links from the /users directory.
.SH KEYWORDS
dump, restore, tape, backup, tar