re: [cobalt-users] RaQ3 .raq backup files

["Ben Charlton" <bencharlton@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

oops. Dunno why, as it was set to 644. I suppose I should have checked.
it's now called strip.txt and works fine - :)
http://www.notnet.co.uk/cobalt/strip.txt

Ben

> I got a script error when I tried to download it:
> CGIWrap Error: Execution of this script not permitted
> I think you need to change its permissions.
>
> Mike

----- Original Message -----
From: Ben Charlton <bencharlton@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, June 08, 2000 5:00 PM
Subject: [cobalt-users] RaQ3 .raq backup files


> Hi,
> I've just spent a couple of fraught days recovering a crashed RaQ.
> Fortunately, we'd been keeping daily backups, through the RaQs scheduled
> backup option. Of course, I came to restore the files, and found the only
> way to do it is from your local machine, which is annoying when  you're on
a
> 56K connection, and you've got 4 gigs of files to restore, from a nice
fast
> separate FTP backup server. After much digging, (and realising how truly
> useless the RaQ3s method of backup/restore is), I came across the script
to
> strip the headers from the Raq2 .raq files, written by Jeff Bilicki, which
> sadly didn't work on the Raq3.
> A short scratching of the chin later, and a bit of recoding, and it now
will
> convert a Raq3 .raq backup file into a stardard .tar.gz file :)
> I've posted it at http://www.notnet.co.uk/cobalt/strip.pl.txt if anyone
else
> has a need for it.
>
> To use it, move the .raq file over to the RaQ server, and run :
> strip.pl <input_file.raq> <output_file.tar.gz>
> the restore the files with tar.
>
> Hope this helps someone :)
>
> Regards,
> Ben Charlton