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Selecting a RESTORE Error Recovery Method
As RESTORE restores files from tape, it displays the number of files
restored and not restored, and the names of files not restored, if any.
The RESTORE message also explains why each file was not restored. Such
errors do not necessarily abort the RESTORE process. When RESTORE
encounters an error, it either automatically recovers or terminates,
depending upon the nature of the error and the error recovery method you
choose.
The following errors always cause RESTORE to abort:
* A command syntax error.
* A disk input or output error (in the system).
* An error opening the tape file or an indirect file. (Refer to
"Using Indirect Files," in the previous chapter.)
* An incorrectly formatted STORE tape.
* No continuation reel; you did not find a continuation reel for a
multireel tape set.
* A device reference error; either the specification for the device
parameter is illegal, or the device is not available.
The ONERROR parameter of the RESTORE command lets you choose a recovery
procedure when it encounters a device read error. Your options are
ONERROR=QUIT (which is the default) or ONERROR=SKIP. You must include the
ONERROR parameter only if you do not wish to use the default.
To stop RESTORE upon an error
To request that RESTORE terminates upon encountering a tape error, enter:
RESTORE *T;@.PUB.SMITH;ONERROR=QUIT
To continue RESTORE regardless of errors
To request that error-causing files are skipped during RESTORE and that
the RESTORE continues use the SKIP option of ONERROR. Enter:
RESTORE *T;@.PUB.SMITH;ONERROR=SKIP