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RESTORE FILES
This screen allows you to select the backup files to be restored.
Backups can be restored in full, by filename, or by individually
selected files. You can also preview a table of contents of a backup to
help select the files which are to be restored.
Viewing an Archive
First, select the archival device's logical name as set up in the
Configure Archive Devices window (see "Configure Devices" on page
6-2) by typing the name in (it must precisely match an existing
name) or by selecting it from the list of available devices.
Next, if you place a file-matching pattern in the File Wildcards
text field, this pattern acts as a filter to viewing an archive. For
example, the pattern *pa* will find any file with the letters pa
embedded in the name, such as /etc/passwd and partition.save. If you
leave this field blank, all the files in the archive are listed in
the results.
Finally, click on the Table of Contents button. The full archive for
the backup device is scanned. If Enlighten encounters a multi-volume
archive generated through the Backup facility, it will prompt you to
exchange the media. At that time, you may interrupt the archive by
selecting Cancel. Once the scan is completed, the results are
displayed in the list box.
The list box is similar to that of the File Detail window; details
about the file (its size, owner, etc.) appear at the top of the list
box when you click on an entry. In this manner, you can preview
which files to restore should you decide to extract files from the
archive.
Note: Large archives, like those often found on a reel tape, may
take several minutes to scan.
Restoring an Archive
First, select the archival device's logical name as set up in the
Configure Archive Devices window (see "Configure Devices" on page
6-2) by typing the name in (it must precisely match an existing
name) or by selecting it from the list of available devices.
Then, click on the Restore button to extract the contents of an
archive. The extraction is based on the following conditions, tested
in the order shown.
+ If any entries are highlighted in the list box, only those files
are retrieved;
+ Otherwise, if a pattern is entered in the File Wildcards field,
only those files matching that pattern are retrieved. If this
pattern matches a directory, then the full directory - with all
subdirectories - is retrieved;
+ Otherwise, if neither of the above conditions is true, the full
archive is restored.
The status of the extract procedure is displayed in a text window.
You may stop the progress by pressing "Ctrl-C" (or your appropriate
interrupt key) within the window. If multi-volume archives are
encountered, Enlighten will prompt you to exchange the media. At
this point, you may Cancel the process, which will NOT impact those
files already fully restored during this process.
Note: Any tar files that were created without absolute pathnames
will be restored in the directory where Enlighten resides.