Topic: Flexbackup problem

[Des Dougan]

I had occasion to try to restore a file from an ibay this evening. I had accidentally deleted it via Windows Explorer, so went to my last backup (from Sunday) to do the restore.

Eventually the restore completed, but did not find the file, providing the error message:

gzip: stdin: unexpected end of file
./home/e-smith/files/ibays/images/files/catndoggirttags.drw: not found on tape

I ran the flexbackup -list command, which showed the file as being included on the tape. I also checked the backup log, to confirm that it had not failed.

I decided to try the restore again, adding a second file, from the end of the flexbackup -list output, on the assumption that it lists file in the order they're dumped.

The original file was not found again, but the second file was restored.

In monitoring these lists, I haven't heard of this problem before. Can anyone shed any light on what may be happening here?

Thanks,

Des Dougan

[Brian Read]

You might want to take out the "dot" on the front of that file spec.

cheers

Brian

[Des Dougan]

The dot is placed there by flexbackup - it restores to the directory it is run from, hence the dot in the error message.

But thanks for the suggestion.


Des Dougan