cpio files

[Shivkumar]

Are cpio special types of files ?

[RAC_1 · Accepted solution]

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

[Arunvijai_4]

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

[Cem Tugrul]

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,

[Muthukumar_5]

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

-Muthu

[Sยภเl Kย๓คг]

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