vch@attibr.UUCP (Vincent C. Hatem) (02/24/89)
We seem to have found a bug in the AT&T System V R 3.2.1 Version 3 (for the
3B2/600) /bin/cpio program...
It will not unpack an archive that contains a directory of empty directories.
For example... Try this:
cd /usr
mkdir junk1
cd junk1
mkdir a
mkdir b
mkdir c
mkdir d
mkdir e
cd /
find /usr/junk1 -depth -print | cpio -ovBumldO /dev/rmt/c1t2d0s0
then remove /usr/junk1:
rm -rf /usr/junk1
and give it a try:
cpio -ivBumldI /dev/rmt/c1t2d0s0
After watching all the WARNING messages go by, look at the directory junk1.
IT WILL BE EMPTY.
This occurs when unpacking only, and the archive is actuclly good (I unpacked
it on a 3.1.1 system, and it worked)
Is YOUR cpio like this one?
# ls -l /bin/cpio
-r-xr-xr-x 1 bin bin 38020 Jun 20 1988 /bin/cpio
# sum /bin/cpio
4022 75 /bin/cpio
Well, UNIX developers, what's the story? Got a fix?
Vince Hatem (att!attibr!vch)
&
Mike Matthews (att!attibr!atti01!mjm)
PS: Please respond to Mike, as I'll be gone after Firday...
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