Date: Fri, 07 Aug 1998 09:55:13 -0700 From: John Polstra <jdp@polstra.com> To: "Greg Quinlan" <gquinlan@qmpgmc.ac.uk> Cc: bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: CPIO -i (into oblivion your archive) Message-ID: <199808071655.JAA08821@austin.polstra.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 07 Aug 1998 08:57:34 BST." <01bdc1d9$098950e0$380051c2@greg.qmpgmc.ac.uk>
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> >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
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