This program can restore backups made with PC-tools on a PC onto a SCSI-tape.


The structure of a PC-tools backup is split into three parts:


1 - a backup-header, which is not used by this program.

2 - the backup-body, the actual backup-data.

3 - the backup-index, an index file which contains information about the files


this program requires these three parts in file-format, you can do this by
using the 'Better Than Nothing' TAPE-handler by Bob Rethemeyer. Read his
instructions how to use the handler.

(disk/backup/BTNtape30.lha)



the usage of the program is as follows:

restore_pctools <INDEX-NAME>,<MAIN-NAME>,<POSNAME>

where:

INDEX-NAME = the name of the backup-index mentioned above.
MAIN-NAME  = the name of the backup-body mentioned above.
POSNAME    = the name of a file where the last position that was restored
             will be kept.

NOTE : the restoration of the backup will be done in the current directory.


example: you've copied the backup-body  to dh0:test/backup
         you've copied the backup-index to dh0:test/index
         you wish to use a pos-file called dh0:test/pos
         you wish to restore all to dh0:test


then the commandline would look like this : (cd dh0:test)

restore_pctools index,backup,pos



After this the program will restore the complete backup. After 25 files have
been restored, you will be notified and given the oppertunety to either con-
tinue the restore or quit the restore. if you quit, you can continue later
because the last position is stored in the pos-file.




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