cpcahil@virtech.uucp (Conor P. Cahill) (06/02/91)
tron1@tronsbox.xei.com (Kenneth Jamieson) writes: > If I create a cpio archive, and the do a -ivt on it, I get > a read error. It sounds like something is wrong with your block size. What arguments are you passing to cpio? -- Conor P. Cahill (703)430-9247 Virtual Technologies, Inc. uunet!virtech!cpcahil 46030 Manekin Plaza, Suite 160 Sterling, VA 22170
tron1@tronsbox.xei.com (Kenneth Jamieson) (06/03/91)
In article <1991Jun02.125304.14474@virtech.uucp> cpcahil@virtech.uucp (Conor P. Cahill) writes: >tron1@tronsbox.xei.com (Kenneth Jamieson) writes: > >> If I create a cpio archive, and the do a -ivt on it, I get >> a read error. > >It sounds like something is wrong with your block size. What arguments >are you passing to cpio? > Ok.. if I say ls foo | cpio -ocdvB > /dev/cthd then cpio -icvtB < /dev/cthd it fails. ODD FACT: (this just in) ls foo | cpio -ocdvB -O/dev/cthd and cpio -icvtB -I/dev/cthd RUNS FINE! -- ========[ Xanadu Enterprises Inc. Amiga & Unix Software Development]======= = "I know how you feel, you don't know if you want to hit me or kiss me - = = --- I get a lot of that." Madonna as Breathless Mahoney (Dick Tracy) = =========== Ken Jamieson: uunet!tronsbox.xei.com!tron1 =================== = NONE of the opinions represented here are endorsed by anybody. = = Unix is (tm) AT&T, Amiga is (tm) Commodore Business Machines, and all = = characters from Dick Tracy are (tm) Warner Bros. = ===========================================================================