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1. UNIX for Advanced & Expert Users
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)
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2. SCO
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? (1 Reply)
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3. Debian
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
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4. UNIX and Linux Applications
I apologize in advance if someone else has posted a similar question and I overlooked the answer in the forums, so here goes.
i'm using cpio to retrieve data from a tape and the switches i'm using are
cpio -AvicdumkB -I/dev/rct0
now the data i'm trying to restore is a specific couple of... (5 Replies)
Discussion started by: HNelson
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5. 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
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6. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hello,
Can someone explain how to distinguish a LF character and a CR/LF character in a text file from a shell script.
Thanks (1 Reply)
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7. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
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
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8. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
Hi Gurus!
I recently got my shell account (HP UX v11) created by our sysadmin and am having problem deleting with the backspace key.
After doing some reading, I believe I need to enter a custom "STTY..." statement in my profile.
Can someone please help me with the correct "STTY" sequence... (3 Replies)
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9. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
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
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10. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
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
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