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3. The spooling and local directories, and the user files saved on the second tar tape may be
restored in their eventual resting places without too much concern. Be sure to use the p
option to tar so that files are recreated with the same file modes (you may want to add
other options, as described in the previous section):
For a machine with a drive:
11= cd /
11=
tar xlp dev/rtapel/:
For a machine without a drive:
11=
cd /
*
r.h remote_hod dd if /dev / tape# bs=block_,izeb
I
tar xbBlp block_,ize-
4. Whatever else is left is likely to be site-specific or require careful scrutiny before you place it
in its eventual resting place. Refer to the documentation (hier{7), for example) before arbi-
trarily overwriting a file.
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