Restoring individual files or directories

About restoring a single file

The restore command can extract individual qtrees, subdirectories, or data files from a backup that contains many qtrees, ordinary directories, or data files.

Restoring individual files

Backup:

dump 0f rst0a /vol/vol1/users/tom

Restore

restore xfD rst0a /vol/vol1/u1/tom spec4 spec5

This command extracts the /vol/vol1/users/tom/spec4 and /vol/vol1/users/tom/spec5 files from the /vol/vol1/users/tom directory and places them in the /vol/vol1/u1/tom directory. The tape drive rewinds the tape.

The elements of this command line are described in the following table.

Element	Meaning
`x`	Restore a single file or directory.
`f`	A tape device is supplied in the command line.
`D`	Restore to a different location from the original.
`rst0a`	The restore is done using the `rst0a` tape device.
`/vol/vol1/u1/tom`	The restored data is put in the /vol/vol1/u1/tom directory.
`spec4 spec5`	The /vol/vol1/users/tom/spec4 and /vol/vol1/users/tom/spec5 files are extracted.