HP 3000 Manuals

Performing System Operation Tasks

Using Indirect Files 

If you restore the same information regularly, you might keep RESTORE
parameters and options that you use in a text file, and then refer to
that file when you issue the command.  This way, you can quickly perform
the same restore procedure on a regular basis, without needing to
remember all of the specific information the RESTORE command requires.

To use an indirect file:

   1.  Using a text editor, create a file that specifies the file set and
       parameters you want to execute with the RESTORE command.

   2.  Save the file with a meaningful name so that you can easily
       remember it.

   3.  Reference the indirect file in the RESTORE command line.  For
       example, the following RESTORE command references an indirect file
       named BACKUP:

            RESTORE *T;^BACKUP 

For more information on indirect files see "Using Indirect Files" in
chapter 6, "Copying Files to Tape."

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