Re: [Q] Informix DB restore from cpio root dir backup

Saqib Mausoof wrote: > > Hi, > My database backup is over a month old. So I am partially > there. Is there a way for me to restore tables from a UNIX > system backup (cpio). That backup is only a day old and I know > the chunk was backed up last night (/dev/rmydb). So my > question is it is possible? Well, uhm I don't know how to put this, but ... Nope. Unless your database was using a cooked partition, you cant. CPIO, used in conjunction with find, will only back up UNIX file systems. Now if you used dd on a raw partiton, you might be able to get some of it back, if not all of it. Chalk it up to a learning experience and stay away from the Mezcal. (Te'killya). -Mikey