Making, drinking tea and reading an opus magnum from Joe Szedula:
> >On 10/7/05 1:32 PM, Michael Shalayeff ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> >> I use a command like:
> >>
> >> cpio -o -z -v -F /dev/rst0 < in.lst > out.lst
> >>
> >> to perform a backup. But when I attempt to index the tape contents using:
> >>
> >> cpio -i -t -v -z -F /dev/rst0
> >>
> >> I get:
> >>
> >> gzip: /dev/stdin: unrecognized file format
> >> cpio: End of archive volume 1 reached
> >> Oct 7 11:50:48 sys /bsd: st0: 10-byte record too big
> >> Oct 7 11:50:48 sys /bsd: st0: 10-byte record too big
> > (snip)
> >
> >you have to pipe it thru dd.
> >tapes work in blocks. gzip is not exactly like that
>
> I don't understand. How do I do that with cpio? cpio doesn't use stdin or
> stdout (except for lists of files and messages) does it? Doesn't "-z" on
> the cpio command line mean Compress/Uncompress archive using gzip(1)
> format.
cpio -o -z -v | dd of=/dev/nrst0
dd if=/dev/nrst0 | cpio -i -t -z -v
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paranoic mickey (my employers have changed but, the name has remained)
