Problem with cpio when I want to recover one file

[Marcelo Polizzotto]

I want to recover one or one group of files from my cpio backup, that I did with this sentence:
find /backup -depth -print | cpio -ocvB > /dev/rmt/0m

but when I try with a sentence like this nothing happens
cpio -icdvB < /dev/rmt/0m /backup/file

Thanks a lot for your help !!

Marcelo

[John Palmer]

Hi,

I'm no expert on cpio but I'd try:-

cpio -icdvB /backup/file < /dev/rmt/0m

Regards,
John

[CHRIS_ANORUO]

[To vi and restore a home directory do: vi /tmp/chris; then input files required e.g. /home/hp/*
Command for restore :- cpio -ivdumB -E "/tmp/chris"

[Devbinder Singh Marway]

Have a look on the tape to see first how files are written ( from your command it should be absolute) i.e do
cpio -itvc
If absolute i.e. shows /filename/etc..

then do cpio -ivcdB "/backup/file"
(try inserting file name in double quotes )

[Al Langen]

First of all, when using cpio, we avoid the use of the find command with leading '/' do to the problem of restoring the file to some other directory.

Next, we always use quotation marks (") around the name of an individual file. If we need to restore a directory, we use "somename/*" to restore the contents of the directory.

[Marcelo Polizzotto]

Thanks for your help !!
As you received my points, you can see that I solve part of my problem, so the new question is:

How can I use cpio the way that you told me and download the file(s) to another directory or present directory, different from original

Thanks again
Marcelo Polizzotto

[Dan Hetzel]

Hi,

If you solved your problem, then I believe that you should have assigned 8 to 10 points to all the guys who gave you the "magic answer" (all of them, in fact)

Dan