On Fri, Sep 26, 2003 at 11:38:28PM -0400, Joe Polk wrote: > find /mnt/win2k -name *.doc -print | cpio -ovB > <backup_filename> > > <<JAV>> > > ---------- Original Message ----------- > From: Randy Chrismon <rchrismon@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > To: shrike-list@xxxxxxxxxx > Sent: Fri, 26 Sep 2003 23:17:25 -0400 > Subject: Don't Quite Understand TAR and CPIO > > > I'm wanting to make a tar-ball, or similar, backup of certain files > > on the Win2K (fat32) partition on my mostly RedHat box. For example, > > I'd like to backup (create a tar-ball) of the *.doc files on my > > Win2K partition, mounted at /mnt/win2k. From the documentation, it > > seems like CPIO is the choice using a find command; e.g.: > > > > find /mnt/win2k/*.doc | cpio -o ... > > > > This doesn't seem to work, however, in that the find command doesn't > > return the path/filename of the *.doc files I'm trying to archive. > > > > What am I missing here? > > > > Thanks. > > > > -- > > Shrike-list mailing list > > Shrike-list@xxxxxxxxxx > > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/shrike-list > ------- End of Original Message ------- Except why would you make a tar ball using cpio. Why not use tar as in: find /mnt/win2k -name "*.doc" -print | tar cf backup.tar - find will not work correctly without the quotes around the "*.doc" You want find to expand the * not the shell. -- ------------------------------------------- Aaron Konstam Computer Science Trinity University 715 Stadium Dr. San Antonio, TX 78212-7200 telephone: (210)-999-7484 email:akonstam@xxxxxxxxxxx -- Shrike-list mailing list Shrike-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/shrike-list
