topic Re: cpio files in Operating System - HP-UX

cpio files

Shivkumar — Tue, 13 Dec 2005 00:20:58 GMT

Are cpio special types of files ?

Re: cpio files

RAC_1 — Tue, 13 Dec 2005 00:57:14 GMT

There is nothing special about cpio files. It is basically a command to generate file archive. If system is not propeprly patched, it has limitation og 2GB. It can not archive files larger than 2GB.

cpio comes in handy many times. Such as follows.

$ find . | cpio -pudlmv /destination_dir

Re: cpio files

Arunvijai_4 — Tue, 13 Dec 2005 00:59:58 GMT

cpio is a command in HP-UX
. You can find more information by # man cpio.
cpio - copy file archives in and out; duplicate directory trees

-Arun

Re: cpio files

Cem Tugrul — Tue, 13 Dec 2005 03:15:39 GMT

Shiv,
CPIO

Things to remember about cpio:

* cpio is very particular about its options. If the options used to
restore aren't compatible with the options used to backup, it will
complain. Fortunately, the complaints are fairly self-explanatory.

Command Description

find /etc/hosts -print | cpio -ocx >
/dev/rmt/0m backup one file

cat /etc/hosts | cpio -ocx >
/dev/rmt/0m another way to backup one file

find . -print | cpio -ocx > backup all files in current
/dev/rmt/0m directory

cpio -ictv < /dev/rmt/0m verify what is on the tape

cpio -iudmcx < /dev/rmt/0m restore all files on tape

cpio -icvdxumB < /dev/rmt/0m
'file_name' restore one file

Good Luck,

Re: cpio files

Muthukumar_5 — Tue, 13 Dec 2005 03:39:59 GMT

cpio is used to backup and restore files to tapes or regular files. See man cpio for details.

-Muthu

Re: cpio files

Sยภเl Kย๓คг — Tue, 13 Dec 2005 05:27:19 GMT

Hi,

cpio - copy file archives in and out

cpio is nothing but a command used to backup and restore file.

See man cpio for more details.

Regards,
Sunil