From owner-freebsd-bugs Fri Aug 7 09:55:48 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id JAA06576 for freebsd-bugs-outgoing; Fri, 7 Aug 1998 09:55:48 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from austin.polstra.com (austin.polstra.com [206.213.73.10]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id JAA06559 for ; Fri, 7 Aug 1998 09:55:35 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jdp@austin.polstra.com) Received: from austin.polstra.com (jdp@localhost) by austin.polstra.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id JAA08821; Fri, 7 Aug 1998 09:55:13 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jdp) Message-Id: <199808071655.JAA08821@austin.polstra.com> To: "Greg Quinlan" cc: bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: CPIO -i (into oblivion your archive) In-reply-to: Your message of "Fri, 07 Aug 1998 08:57:34 BST." <01bdc1d9$098950e0$380051c2@greg.qmpgmc.ac.uk> Date: Fri, 07 Aug 1998 09:55:13 -0700 From: John Polstra Sender: owner-freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > >Also, unrelated to this problem: it is best to use "find -d" as > >recommended in the cpio manual page. > > Are you talking about this original command! > > # cpio -idumBI NEW > > Or the non existent -d option in the cpio -i command! No, I am talking about the "find" command. From CPIO(1): A typical way to generate the list of filenames is with the "find" command; you should give "find" the -d option to minimize problems with permissions on directories that are unwritable or not searchable. -- John Polstra jdp@polstra.com John D. Polstra & Co., Inc. Seattle, Washington USA "Self-knowledge is always bad news." -- John Barth To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message