Questions about cpio


 
Thread Tools Search this Thread
Operating Systems SCO Questions about cpio
# 1  
Old 11-18-2013
Questions about cpio

Should 'cpio' backup only unmounted filesystems?

Should a 'cpio' backup file be restored to a mounted device?

Can 'cpio' interact with /dev/root, /dev/u, /dev/stand directly?
# 2  
Old 11-26-2013
cpio is not smart, it just opens directories and files, stat's inodes, reads or writes. Unmounted will either automount or not be available, as configured. It reads files when creating archives and can create dirs as well as files on unpack.
Login or Register to Ask a Question

Previous Thread | Next Thread

10 More Discussions You Might Find Interesting

1. UNIX for Advanced & Expert Users

Cpio - input files (from list) are stored in different order inside cpio archive - why?

Due to budget constraints I have to reinvent an Enterprise backup system in a SPARC (sun4v) Solaris estate (10 & 11). (yep - reinvent wheel, fun but time consuming. Is this wise?! :confused: ) For each filesystem of interest, to try to capture a 'catalog' at the front of each cpio archive (for... (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: am115998
1 Replies

2. Debian

CPIO with Ubuntu

Hi, i am new here, and i have a question about cpio. i have a scsi traban tape drive, and i will restore some files and directories. Did anybody knows the instructions with cpio? regards Harald (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: gernsemer
1 Replies

3. Homework & Coursework Questions

Print questions from a questions folder in a sequential order

1.) I am to write scripts that will be phasetest folder in the home directory. 2.) The folder should have a set-up,phase and display files I have written a small script which i used to check for the existing users and their password. What I need help with: I have a set of questions in a... (19 Replies)
Discussion started by: moraks007
19 Replies

4. UNIX and Linux Applications

CPIO Problem

Hi all, I have a trouble with CPIO: I have a file called asa802. I extract it with the following command: Then I tried to rebuild archive: Filesizes are not identical ! As I saw these messages: I tried: And messages disappears, but filesizes are still not identical Tried... (0 Replies)
Discussion started by: nekkro-kvlt
0 Replies

5. Solaris

CPIO issue

Hello, I am running Solaris and trying to install Oracle 10g. I have the software on my server and I am trying to extract the file using cpio -idmv. It seems to be taking a very long time and when I monitor it using top, it is sleeping and the cpu is 0%. Any ideas as to what may be going on... (3 Replies)
Discussion started by: dkranes
3 Replies

6. HP-UX

Please help with cpio on HP-UX

Hello all ... I am an Oracle DBA that got stuck in a HP-UX SA role and need some help figuring out a UNIX problem. According to Oracle documentation, I am to issue the following command ... cpio -idcmv <file_name> However when I do, the server just hangs there and does nothing til I... (3 Replies)
Discussion started by: soestx
3 Replies

7. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

cpio

Hello, how can I restore files from a DAT using CPIO ? If I make : # mkdir save # cd /save # cpio -icumvdB </dev/rct0 Does the archive restore only in the directory /save ? And how can I restore a specified file from the DAT with the cpio command ? How can I know the size of the... (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: kok
2 Replies

8. UNIX for Advanced & Expert Users

CPIO related

i have a cpio.z file containing another cpio file . I want to view the contents of the cpio file inside . How to do it? my parent cpio file invoked with cpio -itv looks some thing like ompmum4 sbadgire> zcat 210_2122_ECP_03.cpio.Z| cpio -itv -rwxr-xr-x 1 20519 20519 761856... (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: rraajjiibb
1 Replies

9. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

Help with cpio

Hi all, Please help me with the extraction of files from a cpio. what I mean is basically I have received a file from someone i.e rooh.cpio. this file rooh.cpio contains various files in it. I want to know how I can extract the files and copy them to a different directory . Your quick... (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: rooh
2 Replies

10. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

cpio

by mistake I deleted all the files in /usr2/symix/users/wfpsys/tpsc/ directory. full backup has taken yesterday using "CPIO" command and I am able to view the files from tape also using cpio command. but i couldn't able to restore back the files. Can you please help me immeditely by giving the... (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: wipro fluid power
2 Replies
Login or Register to Ask a Question