cpio 2.2

Thread View: gnu.utils.bug

1 messages

[T] Back to Threads [V] Tree View [G] Group Articles

1 total messages Started by Andy Fyfe Wed, 27 Jan 1993 02:33

#1338

Author: Andy Fyfe
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 02:33

27 lines
1365 bytes

I found cpio can be used to copy devices, but I found that if a
device had multiple links, it was not restored as such, but as
separate files.   This is also true for named pipes.

My system is the AT&T 3b1, running system V (about release 2).
Enclosed is a typescript using names pipes.

Andy Fyfe					andy@cs.caltech.edu

marmot !1 $ cd test
marmot !2 $ ls -li
total 0
  3244 prw-r--r--   2 andy     users           0 Jan 25 18:27 copy
  3244 prw-r--r--   2 andy     users           0 Jan 25 18:27 pipe
marmot !3 $ ls -li ../test2
total 0
marmot !4 $ ls * | cpio --pass --verbose ../test2
../test2/copy
../test2/pipe
0 blocks
marmot !5 $ ls -li ../test2
total 0
  3240 prw-r--r--   1 andy     users           0 Jan 25 18:31 copy
  3239 prw-r--r--   1 andy     users           0 Jan 25 18:31 pipe
marmot !6 $ cpio --version
GNU cpio version 2.2
marmot !7 $ exit

Thread Navigation

This is a paginated view of messages in the thread with full content displayed inline.

Messages are displayed in chronological order, with the original post highlighted in green.

Use pagination controls to navigate through all messages in large threads.

Back to All Threads