Check to Make Sure You Have the Right Current Directory

It is easy to restore files to the wrong location. Because the ufsdump command always copies files with full path names relative to the root of the file system, you should usually change to the root directory of the file system before running the ufsrestore command. If you change to a lower-level directory, after you restore the files you will see a complete file tree created under that directory.

Interactive Commands

When you use the interactive command, a ufsrestore> prompt is displayed, as shown in this example:

# ufsrestore ivf /dev/rmt/0
Verify volume and initialize maps
Media block size is 126
Dump   date: Thu Aug 30 10:13:46 2003
Dumped from: the epoch
Level 0 dump of /export/home on starbug:/dev/dsk/c0t0d0s7
Label: none
Extract directories from tape
Initialize symbol table.
ufsrestore > 

At the ufsrestore> prompt, you can use the commands listed on “UFS Backup and Restore Commands (Reference)” in System Administration Guide: Basic Administration to find files, create a list of files to be restored, and restore them.