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Article #806Re: cpio -itv < problems
From: Will Nelson
Date: Wed, 13 Jul 1988 22:52
Date: Wed, 13 Jul 1988 22:52
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In article <913@rivm05.UUCP>, ccea3@rivm.UUCP (Adri Verhoef) writes:
> Bug: `cpio' does not work when it can't open one of it's parent directories.
> Repeat-by:
> $ id
> uid=104(ccea3) gid=101(cce)
> $ cd /tmp
> $ mkdir tst1; cd tst1
> $ mkdir tst2; cd tst2
> $ chgrp bin ..
> $ chown bin ..
> $ pwd
> /tmp/tst1/tst2
> $ touch bugs.cpio
> $ cpio -itv < bugs.cpio
> sh: pwd: cannot open ..
> $ ls -ld . ..
> drwxr-x--- 2 ccea3 cce 32 May 31 22:04 .
> drwxr-x--- 3 bin bin 48 May 31 22:04 ..
>
> `cpio' should only display the contents of the file "bugs.cpio",
> but it can't open one of its parent directories
> and the file's contents will not be displayed.
> Has this been fixed in any release? (On System V.3.1 it still isn't.)
>
> Adri verhoef,
> mcvax!rivm!a3
See the Summary.
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!att!osu-cis!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!mailrus!ames!oliveb!cygnet!will From: will@cygnet.CYGNETSYSTEMS (Will Nelson) Newsgroups: comp.bugs.sys5,comp.unix.wizards,comp.sys.att Subject: Re: cpio -itv < problems Summary: The problem is with your directory permissions. Unless you are a member of group bin, which is unlikely, you must chmod o+rx the directory. Keywords: pwd .. getcwd cpio "sh: pwd: cannot open .." Message-ID: <761@cygnet.CYGNETSYSTEMS> Date: 13 Jul 88 22:52:06 GMT References: <913@rivm05.UUCP> Organization: Cygnet Systems -- Sunnyvale, Ca Lines: 34