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# restore -xs 3 ./working/old.file

11.4.3 Restoring Files Interactively

To ease the task of restoring multiple ﬁles, use the −i option to the

restore command. This option starts an interactive restore session. The

interactive mode has commands similar to shell commands.

To begin an interactive restore session, enter:

# restore -i

The system responds with the following prompt:

restore >

The following command-line options are available in the interactive restore

mode:

ls [

directory

] Lists ﬁles in the current or speciﬁed directory.

Directory entries end with a / (slash). Entries that

have been marked for reading begin with an *

(asterisk).

cd [

directory

] Changes the current directory to the directory

speciﬁed by

directory

.

pwd

Lists the pathname of the current directory.

add [

files

] Adds the ﬁles in the current directory or the ﬁles

speciﬁed by

files

to the list of ﬁles recovered from

the tape. Once they are speciﬁed to be read by the

add command, ﬁles are marked with an * (asterisk)

when they are listed with the ls command.

delete [

files

] Deletes all the ﬁles in the current directory or the

ﬁles speciﬁed by

files

from the list of ﬁles

recovered from the tape.

extract

Restores from the tape the ﬁles that are marked to

be read into the current working directory. The

extract command prompts you for the logical

volume that you want to mount (usually 1), and

whether the access modes of the dot (.) are affected;

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