UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

Hi Perderabo

Sorry if you read this before the edit .
This is what I need know I think.
cat /rd/tmp/backuplist.full | cpio -ocvBdum > $TAPEDEV

Would this tell me what I need know?
Thanks
dave

No.

You're building a list of filenames and putting it in the file /rd/tmp/backuplist.data. At some point, some other program must read that file.

cat /rd/tmp/backuplist.full | cpio -ocvBdum > $TAPEDEV

This I believe is what we were looking for ??
Thanks
Dave

Yeah, that's it.

So try to print a table of contents...

cpio -itvB < /dev/tapedrive

of course you will use the device file for the tape drive you're using. If that works, look for the file you want to see exactly which path was used to save it.


cpio -itvB < /dev/tapedrive | grep filename

Perderabo..
I tried the
cpio -itvB < /dev/rmt1
When I did I recieved this message.
cpio: 0511-903 out of phase!
cpio: 0511-904 skipping 2677530 bytes to get back in phase!
one or more files lost and the previous file is possibly corrupt!
cpio: 0511-027 The file name length does not match the expected value.

DId I not have the arguments right ?
Thanks
Dave

Well beats me then. I woulda expected that to work. I guess you'll need an AIX expert.

Perderabo..
I think I found the problem and I thought I should let you know since you put time into this one.
I was not familiar with the backup procedure prior to a software upgrade that we had for our business application.
During the upgrade they changed our backup scripts to start backing up using cpio.
Before the upgrade we were using [Restore]
I have been using the same tapes I was before which means according to the software support that even though the tape swere copying they are not readable since they formatted for {restore] and not [cpio]
So I am change the script tonite to format the tape for [cpio] as it copies.
Thank you for your time.
Dave