OK, I just saw Raoul's message. Backuppc_zcat is the tool I need.
Thanks Raoul -----Original Message----- From: Adam Hardy <adam.ha...@cyberspaceroad.com> Reply-To: "General list for user discussion, questions and support" < backuppc-users@lists.sourceforge.net> To: backuppc-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [BackupPC-users] What to do with a restore that's going on far too long? Date: Tue, 17 Nov 2020 10:50:26 +0000 Thanks Brad but linux complains it's zlib and can't handle it. adam@gondolin:~$ sudo zcat /media/backuppc/usbbackup/backuppc/pc/erebor/RestoreLOG.26.z gzip: /media/backuppc/usbbackup/backuppc/pc/erebor/RestoreLOG.26.z: not in gzip format adam@gondolin:~$ sudo file /media/backuppc/usbbackup/backuppc/pc/erebor/RestoreLOG.26.z /media/backuppc/usbbackup/backuppc/pc/erebor/RestoreLOG.26.z: zlib compressed data adam@gondolin:~$ I can't find a command line tool package with cat or less either :( What do you do then? Just WTF & kill it? Cheers Adam -----Original Message----- From: Brad Alexander <stor...@gmail.com> Reply-To: "General list for user discussion, questions and support" < backuppc-users@lists.sourceforge.net> To: "General list for user discussion, questions and support" < backuppc-users@lists.sourceforge.net> Subject: Re: [BackupPC-users] What to do with a restore that's going on far too long? Date: Mon, 16 Nov 2020 23:11:19 -0500 You could try zless or zmore, e.g. zless RestoreLOG.z --b On Mon, Nov 16, 2020 at 2:19 PM Adam Hardy < adam.ha...@cyberspaceroad.com> wrote: > Hi > > I'm using 3.3.0 on Linux Mint, to restore to a linux laptop. > > I'm trying to access the restore log for a restore that is now > running > for about 12 hours and surely should be done. I can see there's a > substantial RestoreLOG.z but I can't tail it because it's compressed. > > Is there a way? > > I'd like to know what it's trying to do before I kill it. > > Assuming it is frozen, I'd also appreciate it if someone can tell me > the best way to kill the job without losing the log. > > Thanks! > Adam > _______________________________________________ > BackupPC-users mailing list > BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net > List: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users > Wiki: https://github.com/backuppc/backuppc/wiki > Project: https://backuppc.github.io/backuppc/ _______________________________________________ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net List: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki: https://github.com/backuppc/backuppc/wiki Project: https://backuppc.github.io/backuppc/ _______________________________________________ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net List: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki: https://github.com/backuppc/backuppc/wiki Project: https://backuppc.github.io/backuppc/
