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- From: kncarp@nicsn1.monsanto.com (Kevin N. Carpenter)
- Subject: Re: Problem using GTAK to restore
- Message-ID: <1993Jan28.173754.23741@tin.monsanto.com>
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- Organization: Monsanto Company
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- Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 17:37:54 GMT
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- Kevin N. Carpenter (kncarp@nicsn1.monsanto.com) wrote:
- : I seem to be having problems getting gtar (from the gtak201b.zip package) to
- : restore any *.exe files. The backup ran fine, and a "tar -tv" shows the files
- : as being present. When I do a "tar -xvw" it ask me if I wish to restore the
- : first exe file, I see a bunch of disk and tape activity (it looks like its
- : restoring), and no error messages are generated. However, a dir command does
- : not show the file as being present.
-
- : Normally, I'd just use a utility to see if perhaps it simply has the wrong
- : attributes, but I can't do that right now. You see, 2.1Beta caused me
- : enough grief that I reformated my disk, and I'm trying to restore my old
- : 2.0+SP system, including those utilities. In other words, I'm in PANIC mode!
-
- : Any suggestions?
-
- With much playing around I discovered that the EXE files were indeed restored,
- but with a System attribute. Doing a ATTRIB -S *.* in appropriate directories
- caused the "missing" files to return.
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