Commodore PC - Restore

82 MS-DOS User's Reference
Restore
Restore
Purpose:
Restores files that were backed up using the Microsoft or the IBM
backup program.
Syntax:
restore drive: [drive:][pathname] [/s] [/p] [/aidate] [/bidate]
[/e-.time] [PL.time] [/m] [In]
Comments:
The restore command can restore files from disks of different
media types. For example, you can restore files from:
■ Hard disk to floppy disk
■ Floppy disk to floppy disk
■ Floppy disk to hard disk
■ Hard disk to hard disk
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The Restore switches
The first drive-, option is the drive name for the disk containing,
the backed up files. The second drive-, and the pathname option
are the drive and pathname of the files you want to restore.
This restore program and the one supplied by IBM are compati
ble except for switches /a, /b, /e, /L, /m, and /n, described in the
table below.
You can use the following switches with the ms-dos restore
command:
/s Restores subdirectories also.
/p Prompts for permission to restore any hidden or
read-only files that match the file specification.
/?i:date Restores only those files that were last modified
on or after the given date.
/bidate Restores only those files that were last modified
on or before the given date.
/e-.time Restores only those files that were last modified
at or earlier than the given time.
/L-.time Restores only those files that were last modified
at or later than the given time.
/m Restores only those files that have been modified
since the last backup.
/n Restores only those files that no longer exist on
the target disk.
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