Arguments

-I         -           Denotes Interactive, directory information is read from the tape after that the user could    browse by the directory hierarchy and choose files to be extracted.

-r         -           Restore the whole tape. It should only be used to restore a whole file system or to restore an incremental tape after a full level 0 restore.

-t          -           Table of contents, if no filename given, root directory is listed involving all subdirectories (unless the h modifier is in effect)

-x         -           Extract named files. It and all its sub-directories are extracted if a directory is specified. Arguments for the restore Command.

Modifiers        -           Purpose

a archive-file   -          Uses an archive file to find for a file's location. It Converts contents of the dump tape to the new file system format

d                      -           It Turns on debugging

h                      -           Avoiding hierarchical restoration of sub-directories

v                      -           Denotes Verbose mode

f dump-file     -           identify dump-file to utilize, - refers to standard input

s n                   -           Skips to the nth dump file on the tape

Argument modifiers to the restore Command.