NAME

       cdrestore - Streaming restore from CD-R(W)/DVD-R(W)

SYNOPSIS

       cdrestore [-qvDFRTV] [-d device] [-i image] [-l size]
                 [-t track] [-c command]

DESCRIPTION

       cdrestore  is  a  utility  to  make  streaming  restores from CD-R(W)/DVD-R(W) disks. It's
       designed to work with  any  backup  tool  which  is  able  to  restore  from  stdin  (like
       tar/cpio/afio).

OPTIONS

       -d device
              The device name which is used for reading the backup.
              (default: /dev/cdrom)

       -i image
              Enables  virtual  image  mode. The backup stream is read from the given image file.
              You have to use this option, if you are restoring from a dumped image too.
              (default: none)

       -l size
              Specifies the media size. This value is used to display the free space on the media
              only.
              By default the given value is taken as megabytes. You can append a single letter to
              the number to select: (k)ilobytes,  (m)egabytes,  (g)igabytes  or  (s)ectors  (e.g.
              170k, 4488m, 350000s).
              (default: 650m)

       -t track
              The number of the data track on the media for reading the backup.
              (default: none)

       -T     Enables  test  mode.  The  complete  restore process is done to test data integrity
              (includes CRC checksum test, if available), but no data is output.
              NOTE: This only verifies that the data  is  readable  by  cdrestore  at  all.  This
              doesn't  guarantee that your backup software will be able to do a real restore with
              the data.

       -F     Forces cdrestore to begin the restore in the middle of a multi-disk set.  This  may
              be useful if you have lost a disk or a disk is badly damaged.
              NOTE: This will most probably start the restore in the middle of a file. It's up to
              your backup software to sync to the beginning of the next file.

       -R     Disable the kernel readahead for the CDROM device during the restore process.  (see
              cdbackup(1) Known problems)

       -c command
              The  command  which is executed whenever cdrestore needs to request a new media for
              multi-disk backups. This command (or script) should  prompt  the  user  and  return
              after  the  device  is ready again. The command receives one argument, which is the
              device name passed with -d. This can be used to issue commands to the  device  like
              ejecting the media.
              (default: use internal diskchange prompt)

       -q     Queries the media, prints out the contents and exits.

       -v     Enables verbose mode.

       -D     Enables DEBUG output (probably not useful for normal use).

       -V     Prints out version information and exits.

EXAMPLES

       Query the 700 MB media on /dev/sr0:

              cdrestore -d /dev/sr0 -l 700 -q

       Restore  a  tar  archive  to  the  current  directory  from  track  2 of a 702 MB media on
       /dev/scd0:

              cdrestore -d /dev/scd0 -l 702 -t 2 | tar xf -

       Query the contents of a virtual image:

              cdrestore -i /tmp/vimage -l 4488m -q

       Check data integrity of track 3 in a virtual image after dumping it to DVD media:

              cdrestore -i /dev/dvd -t 3 -T

AUTHORS

       Stefan Hülswitt <s.huelswitt@gmx.de>

SEE ALSO

       cdbackup(1)

LICENSE

       Copyright (c) 2000-2004 Craig Condit, Stefan Hülswitt.

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