restore broken in 1.2?

[Russell A. Heise]

 kevin at msa3b.UUCP (Kevin P. Kleinfelter) writes:

 > "restore" appears to behave differently than documented with AIX 1.2.
 > The doc states that the "-d" option ...
 >    Indicates that if <file> is a directory, all files in that directory
 >    should be restored.
 >
 > When I did a backup (with 1.1), I piped "find ./ -print" into "backup -x".
 > I now attempt to restore (with 1.2) using
 >     restore -xdv -f /dev/rmt0 ./dirname
 > and all that gets restored is "dirname" (i.e. the directory, and not its
 > files).  Has anyone else observed this behavior?  Is it incorrect?
 Yes, this behavior is incorrect and is a known problem.  To resolve the
 problem, you may wish to contact IBM defect support at (800) 237-5511
 to get the latest AIX PS/2 updates.

Russ Heise, AIX Technical Support, IBM