Insert the tape into the tape drive.
Change to a temporary directory.
$ cd /var/tmp |
Extract the files from a remote tape device.
$ rsh remote-host dd if=/dev/rmt/n | tar xvBpf - |
rsh remote-host |
Indicates a remote shell that is started to extract the files from the tape device by using the dd command. |
dd if=/dev/rmt/n |
Indicates the input device. |
| tar xvBpf - |
Pipes the output of the dd command to the tar command, which is used to restore the files. |
Verify that the files have been extracted.
$ ls -l /var/tmp |
$ cd /var/tmp $ rsh mercury dd if=/dev/rmt/0 | tar xvBpf - x answers/, 0 bytes, 0 tape blocks x answers/test129, 48 bytes, 1 tape blocks 20+0 records in 20+0 records out x sc.directives/, 0 bytes, 0 tape blocks x sc.directives/sc.190089, 77 bytes, 1 tape blocks x tests/, 0 bytes, 0 tape blocks x tests/test131, 84 bytes, 1 tape blocks $ ls -l |