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From: todd@janus.UUCP (Todd Booth)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.aix
Subject: Re: cpio Out of phase -- get help
Summary: AIX cpio out-of-phase error
Message-ID: <479@janus.UUCP>
Date: 10 Nov 89 14:57:03 GMT
References: <1178@msa3b.UUCP> <6393@turnkey.gryphon.COM>
Organization: Quotron Systems Inc., Los Angeles
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In article <6393@turnkey.gryphon.COM>, jackv@turnkey.gryphon.COM (Jack F. Vogel) writes:
> I would recommend anyone
> running 1.1 not use cpio to backup your local filesystem, it will create
> an archive without errors but will bomb trying to restore it.

And I would recommend not using cpio to xfer files from a remote Unix
system TO AIX since I to have received the out-of-phase error transfering
from a SYS V based system to AIX.  Therefore between our two suggestions
don't use cpio.  My solution was to use tar.

--todd booth