recover a specific file with cpio

[sassou]

Hello
I make backup with a cpio command on HPUX
Is it possible to recover a specific file?
Just only one file cartridge?
Thank you
KUZO

[Denver Osborn]

cpio -Bi "/path/filename" < /dev/rmt/0m


Hope this helps,
-denver

[sassou]

hello,
Thank you for your help but I forget one detail.
The backup was made by the command
find ${SAVELIST} -print | cpio -ocvB | compress > /dev/rmt/0m
where SAVELIST was a liste of file.
The backup was good and I recover all the cartridge very frequently my problem is to recover only one file.
I need your help
KUZO

[Rodney Hills]

If the data is compressed on the tape (I assume your tape drive doesn't have hardware compression, which would be the prefered way), then you could uncompress the data and pipe the output to cpio. Like-

uncompress -c
HTH

-- Rod Hills