Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!watmath!att!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!mcvax!ukc!reading!bru-cc!linda From: linda@cc.brunel.ac.uk (Linda Birmingham) Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards Subject: validating dumps Message-ID: <794@Terra.cc.brunel.ac.uk> Date: 8 Aug 89 11:20:54 GMT Organization: Brunel University, Uxbridge, UK Lines: 19 I'm trying to validate dump tapes. I liked someones idea of trying to restore the last file on the tape. The question was...how do I know which is the last file. The restore t gave me a list of inodes and it seemed that things were dumped in inode order. Hurray ! Just restore the highest inode...unless the highest inode refers to a directory. I do not want to restore the whole damn file-system. How can I find out if this inode refers to a directory or file on the dump tape ? Thanks, Linda. -- Brunel University, Uxbridge, Middlesex, England. janet: linda@uk.ac.brunel.cc | :-) uucp:...ukc!cc.brunel!linda |