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Information similar to the following appears:
Listing tape contents only!
Type Stories Name
Dir
Que DEAD
Dir SYSTEM
Dir SYSTEM.KEYBOARDS
...
Que 3 TEST.SMITH
3630 stories listed
Each line in the list consists of three columns and identifies a directory or a queue that has
been saved to the tape:
• The Type column indicates whether the line lists information about a directory or a
queue. Directories are identified by Dir and queues by Que.
• The Stories column is used only in lines beginning with Que and identifies how many
stories are in that queue. Use this number as a guide to how much space you need to
restore the queue. If there is no number, the queue is empty. (The queue is empty
because either no stories existed in the queue or the queue’s skip flag was enabled.)
The Name column identifies the directory or queue by name.
If you attempt to restore a queue with no stories, you see the following message:
no stories restored
Listing Items Dumped on a Particular Date
To list items dumped on a particular date:
1. Use the following format of dbrestore:
dbrestore td -d <date>
2. Enter the date in YYMMDD (year, month, day) or YYYYMMDD format.
Begin single-digit months and days with a zero, such as 04 for April. Also check for
items dumped to tape during a month by using the year and the month (YYMM).