Topic: dar archives on windows 2003 server

[dilligaf]

I have dar installed on a SME 7.3 server, and dumping successfully to a share on a Windows 2K3 Server.
I am wondering how others that may also do this, work with the archives?
How to extract from these archived specific files/folders to alternate location.
thank you

[mercyh]

I am not sure if Midnight Commander will do what you want?

http://wiki.contribs.org/DAR2#Midnight_Commander_.28MC.29_dar-extension

You would possibly have to copy the archive back to the SME server (or mount it on the Windows machine) to manipulate the files with this.

[eastend99]

I have used the windows command line version successfully. The link is in the wiki: http://wiki.contribs.org/DAR2.
On a windows machine the restore location is probably NTFS or FAT so symbolic links and file permissions will not be restored.

[dmay]

How to extract from these archived specific files/folders to alternate location. thank you

As well as the posts above, don't forget the Disk ARchive restore panel supports selective restores to alternate locations directly.

Darrell

[eastend99]

You can find the windows binaries here : http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=65612&package_id=63114.
The download includes documentation and a lot of examples.
Read the Tutorial.html file and find the text "Gosh, you have remove a important file by error.".
Adjust backup file name, location and your ready to go.
I use the 2.3.6 version at the moment.

Marcel