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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers cpio problem Post 37289 by RTM on Monday 16th of June 2003 01:36:16 PM
Old 06-16-2003
What commands did you use to create the tape? If the device was not set for no-rewind, then you may only have the last backup on there.

Please post OS and version along with the command you used to create the tape.


Added note from the man page:
If, when writing to a character device (-o) or reading from
a character device (-i), cpio reaches the end of a medium
(such as the end of a diskette), and the -O and - I options
are not used, cpio prints the following message:

To continue, type device/file name when ready.

To continue, you must replace the medium and type the char-
acter special device name (/dev/rdiskette for example) and
press RETURN. You may want to continue by directing cpio to
use a different device. For example, if you have two floppy
drives you may want to switch between them so cpio can
proceed while you are changing the floppies. (Simply press-
ing RETURN causes the cpio process to exit.)
 

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cpio.h

cpio.h(3HEAD)                                                         Headers                                                        cpio.h(3HEAD)

NAME

       cpio.h, cpio - cpio archive values

SYNOPSIS

       #include <cpio.h>

DESCRIPTION

       Values needed by the c_mode field of the cpio archive format are described as follows:

       Name              Description
       C_IRUSR           Read by owner
       C_IWUSR           Write by owner
       C_IXUSR           Execute by owner
       C_IRGRP           Read by group
       C_IWGRP           Write by group
       C_IXGRP           Execute by group
       C_IROTH           Read by others
       C_IWOTH           Write by others
       C_IXOTH           Execute by others
       C_ISUID           Set user ID
       C_ISGID           Set group ID
       C_ISVTX           On directories, restricted deletion flag
       C_ISDIR           Directory
       C_ISFIFO          FIFO
       C_ISREG           Regular file
       C_ISBLK           Block special
       C_ISCHR           Character special
       C_ISCTG           Reserved
       C_ISLNK           Symbolic link
       C_ISSOCK          Socket

       The header defines the symbolic constant:

       MAGIC         "070707"

ATTRIBUTES

       See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |      ATTRIBUTE TYPE         |      ATTRIBUTE VALUE        |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Interface Stability          |Standard                     |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+

SEE ALSO

       pax(1), attributes(5), standards(5)

SunOS 5.10                                                          10 Sep 2004                                                      cpio.h(3HEAD)
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