Restoring Archiving File System Data

Filtering Recovery Point Files

You can control which files and directories in a recovery point file are displayed in the browser interface. Filtering a recovery point file displays the files and directories that meet the filter criteria in a hierarchical fashion and enables you to navigate through the hierarchy.

When filtering the contents of a recovery point file, be aware of the following:

The following table describes the filter values that you can specify.

Table 37 Filter Values

Filter Value

Description

File Name Pattern field

Type a value to filter for files and directories with the specified name. For more information about wildcard characters that you can use in this field, see Filter File Name Pattern Values.

File Size greater than or equal to

Type a value to filter for files that are larger than the specified size.

File Size less than or equal to

Type a value to filter for files that are smaller than the specified size.

File Date

Filter for files that are created or that are modified during the specified time frame.

Owner

Type a value to filter for files that are owned by the specified user, as defined on the server from which the files originated.

Group

Type a value to filter for files that are owned by users who are members of the specified group, as defined on the server from which the files originated.

Is Damaged

Filter for files that are damaged.

Is Online

Filter for files that were online at the time the recovery point was created.

Filter File Name Pattern Values

When you filter a recovery point file, you can filter for files and directories based on the file or directory name. You do this by typing a value in the File Name Pattern field. For more information about the patterns, see the fnmatch(3c) man page.

The following table lists valid wildcard characters that you can type in the File Name Pattern field.

Table 38 File Name Wildcards

Wildcard

Description

?

Filters for files that contain any character in place of the question mark. For example, a?d returns files named aad, abd, acd, and so on.

*

Filters for files that contain any number of characters in place of the asterisk. For example, *a*d returns files named ad, abcd, efabcd, aaaad, and adddd.

[]

Filters for files that contain one of the alternatives specified within the brackets. For example, a[bc] returns files named ab or ac.

““

Filters for files that contain only the specified characters. For example, “abc” returns only files named abc.

\

Removes the wildcard distinction from any wildcard character that you use with the backslash. For example, “*\(\?” returns files with (? in their names. To filter for files that have a backslash in their name, type two backslashes \\.

/

Filters for files in a path name. The slash character in a path name must be explicitly matched by one or more slashes in the File Name Patter field (for example, /var). It cannot be matched by an asterisk, question mark, or bracket. Slashes in the File Name Pattern field are identified before brackets. This means that, for example, a[b/c]d does not return files named abd or a/d. It will return only a file named a[b/c]d.

The following table shows examples of different File Name Pattern values and the files or directories they return.

Table 39 File Name Patterns

File Name Pattern

Some Possible Files or Directories Returned

abc

abc, abcd, gabc

“abc”

abc

a?c

abc, accd, gabc, gagc

a*c

abbc, afilenamec, gabc, abc, gaggc

“a?c”

a?c

a\*c

a*c

*/var

abc/var, path/var