hi suhas use
cpio -itvd < xyz.cpio to extract file from cpio .... if u want the list of the files also extracted use cpio -itvd < xyz.cpio > xyz.lst Regards Narayan Kejriwal SoftwareWorkshop.Net --- suhas prabhu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello Friends, > > I use Red Hat Linux 9. > > I have 3 CDs of a certain application for linux. > All the CDs contain only one file > with the extension ..cpio.gz > > I unzipped it using gzip but how to extract files > from .cpio format. > I read the man page for CPIO but could not > understand it. > > Each compressed file on CD is about 640 MB in cpio > format. > > Please Help. > > Thanks in advance, > > Suhas > > > Yahoo! India Matrimony: Find your partner > online.Post your profile. > -- > http://mm.ilug-bom.org.in/mailman/listinfo/linuxers ===== Narayan Kejriwal (Software Engineer) SoftwareWorkshop.Net __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? New Yahoo! Photos - easier uploading and sharing. http://photos.yahoo.com/ -- http://mm.ilug-bom.org.in/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
