Hello, > I was trying to extract a particular file using the > -no-absolute-filename option and could not get it to work.
It is --no-absolute-filename, *not* -no-absolute-filename (two dashes in front, not one). > I tried: > cpio -idv -no-absolute-filenames "/usr/sbin/lsof" < backup.cpio > cpio -id -no-absolute-filenames "/usr/sbin/lsof" < backup.cpio > cpio -idv -no-absolute-filenames /usr/sbin/lsof < backup.cpio > cpio -idv -no-absolute-filenames "lsof" < backup.cpio If you use --no-absolute-filename then the leading slash will not match anything in the archive. The correct usage is: cpio -idv --no-absolute-filenames usr/sbin/lsof < backup.cpio Regards, Sergey
