August 1999
Intermediate to advanced
1000 pages
83h 9m
English
/usr/bin/cpio -i [bBcdfkmPrsStuvV6] [-C bufsize] [-E file] [-H header] [-I file [-M message]] [-R id] [pattern...] /usr/bin/cpio -o [aABcLPvV] [-C bufsize] [-H header] [-O file [-M message]] /usr/bin/cpio -p [adlLmPuvV] [-R id] directory
Use the cpio command to copy files, special files (files used to represent peripheral devices attached to a system), and file systems that require multiple tape volumes. cpio provides compatibility for copying files from SunOS 5.x systems to SunOS 4.x systems. Advantages of using the cpio command are that it packs data onto tape more efficiently than the tar command, skips over any bad spots in a tape when restoring files, provides options for writing ...
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