[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]

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



How can I strip the header off?

I have my computer under Windows 98

Regards

Johnny
----- Original Message -----
From: Kris Dahl <kris@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, March 08, 2000 1:59 PM
Subject: Re: [cobalt-users] How to recover a backup file


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


_______________________________________________
cobalt-users mailing list
cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
To Subscribe or Unsubscribe, please go to:
http://list.cobalt.com/mailman/listinfo/cobalt-users