Finding the file you want
Using the version history and find file buttons
SCO ARCserve/Open can help you find the volume, drive, directory, and files you need to restore. If you have several backups of a file, directory, drive, or volume, use the Version History button to have SCO ARCserve/Open list all the versions you have so you can find the one that you need. If you are unsure of what you want to restore, use the Find File button to have SCO ARCserve/Open perform a search of the database to match the pattern you specify.
You can only use Find File and Version History when you are using the ``Tree View'' as your source view.
Kim wants to restore an older version of her bin directory, but she's not sure which tape contains a backup of this directory.
Version history button
Use the Version History button to help you select the version of the file, directory, drive, filesystem, or volume you want to restore.
- Make sure that you are using the ``Tree View''.
You can only use Version History to track your source if you are using the ``Tree View'' as your source view.
- In the left panel of the Source area, select the volume, drive, directory, or file you want to restore.

- Click the Version History button.
SCO ARCserve/Open will search its databases and return a list of all the backed up versions of this file, directory, drive, filesystem or volume. From this list, you can select the version that you need to restore:

Find file button
Use the Find File button to help you find files for
which you are unsure of the name, or where they are located.
Joe needs to recover some old report files, but can't remember the name
of the reports, and he doesn't want to restore his entire host just to
find these files. He can use Find File to locate any backed up reports,
then restore just what he needs.
Follow the steps below to use Find File.
- Click the Find File button.
- In the Find File dialog box, enter the search criteria.
SCO ARCserve/Open supports all UNIX regular expressions. For example, you
could search for anything beginning with report:
The following search patterns are acceptable as well:
- report? - files with names of report1, or reports match this pattern
- [123]report - files with names of 1report, 2report, or 3report match
this pattern
After specifying your search criteria in the Find File dialog box and
clicking OK, SCO ARCserve/Open will do a search in the databases and
return the names of all files that match the pattern you specify.

When you pick the file you want, SCO ARCserve/Open will change the restore
pane so that your selection is highlighted.