System Administration Guide, Volume I

Example--Restoring Specific Files Non-Interactively

The following example restores the passwd and shadow files to the /var/tmp directory.


# cd /var/tmp
# ufsrestore xvf /dev/rmt/0 ./etc/passwd ./etc/shadow
Verify volume and initialize maps
Media block size is 126
Dump   date: Tue Jun 09 14:30:16 1998
Dumped from: the epoch
Level 0 dump of / on pluto:/dev/dsk/c0t3d0s0
Label: none
Extract directories from tape
Initialize symbol table.
Warning: ./etc: File exists
Extract requested files
You have not read any volumes yet.
Unless you know which volume your file(s) are on you should start 
with the last volume and work towards the first.
Specify next volume #: 1
extract file ./etc/passwd
Add links
Set directory mode, owner, and times.
set owner/mode for `.'? [yn] n
Directories already exist, set modes anyway? [yn] n
# cd etc
#  mv passwd /etc
# mv shadow /etc
# ls -l etc