dump Backup Examples

# Full backup the root and /usr file systems to a tape unit

dump -0 -b 8192 -f /dev/st0 / /usr

# restore /usr/local/list from the above tape

restore -i -f /dev/st0 
restore > ls
bin   games               include   lib      lost+found  src
dict  html                java      libexec  sbin        tmp
etc   i386-glibc21-linux  kerberos  local    share       X11R6

restore > cd local
restore > ls
Acrobat4  doc  forte4j  info  list      netscape    src
bin       etc  games    lib   man       sbin      

restore > add list

restore > extract