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Old 01-09-2011
Power restore cpio file
Hi,

under unix aix , i had to put a catostrophic patch from an editor ...
i had first made a cpio backup

connected root
Code:
cd /application
find . –print | cpio –ocvBm > /sauvegarde/sauvegarde.cpio

Does someone know the command to restore my cpio backup ?
thanks in advandce to everyone

PS : i'm french and excuse me for my poor english ... ;-)
Last edited by radoulov; 01-09-2011 at 02:49 PM.. Reason: Code tags!
# 2  
Old 01-09-2011
You may have a read of cpio.
# 3  
Old 01-09-2011
i've read it but dont understand everything ...
is the command :
cpio -idvu ??
thanks
# 4  
Old 01-09-2011
Why don't you test it out with some files/directories? Smilie
# 5  
Old 01-09-2011
ok i've understood the principle of this forum
"if you dont need anything , ask ..." Smilie
# 6  
Old 01-09-2011
Code:
cpio -idvm < backup_file

# 7  
Old 01-09-2011
thank you very much radoulov !
 
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