Re: [cobalt-users] How to recover a backup file

[Kris Dahl <kris@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

on 3/8/00 11:18 AM, Multivex at multivex@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

> I have a backup file of my home directory in a Raq I used to own
> 
> At this time, I moved to a RaQ2 and cannot restore the files to the server
> 
> I need desesperately the information in the backup file
> 
> Is there a way I can decompress it to normal files or some other type of
> solution?ç

If I remember correctly, the backup file is just a tarball with a header on
it it.  If you want to strip the header off you can just un tar (gzip as
well?) it.

-k