that was it Thanks > On 18:34 08 Oct 2003, Distribution Lists <dist-lists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > wrote: > | I'm trying to restore subdirectories with CPIO > | I want everything under /cvsroot restored, I'm using > | > | cpio -iuvdB /cvsroot < /dev/nst0 > | > | but not luck > | > | I used > | cpio -iuvdB /cvsroot/* < /dev/nst0 > | > | but just restored files under /cvsroot > | > | What's wrong ? > > I'm guessing /cvsroot wasn't empty when you said that. So "/cvsroot/*" > got expanded and thus cpio saw an explicit list of things to extract. Try > quoting the pattern to prevent the shell expanding it so that cpio gets > a nice untouched "/cvsroot/*" string, thus: > > cpio -iuvdB '/cvsroot/*' < /dev/nst0 > > Cheers, > -- > Cameron Simpson <cs@xxxxxxxxxx> DoD#743 > http://www.cskk.ezoshosting.com/cs/ > > In the unlikely event of losing Pascal's Wager, I intend to saunter in to > Judgement Day with a bookshelf full of grievances, a flaming sword of my > own devising, and a serious attitude problem. - Rick Moen > > > -- > redhat-list mailing list > unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > -- -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
