Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!usenet.ins.cwru.edu!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!van-bc!twg!bill From: bill@twg.wimsey.bc.ca (Bill Irwin) Newsgroups: comp.unix.xenix Subject: Re: HELP: Unknown CPIO errors and problems Message-ID: <249@twg.wimsey.bc.ca> Date: 26 Aug 90 07:40:43 GMT References: <245@twg.wimsey.bc.ca> <5756@holston.UUCP> Organization: TWG The Westrheim Group, Vancouver, B.C., Canada Lines: 41 In <5756@holston.UUCP> barton@holston.UUCP (Barton A. Fisk) writes: >In article <245@twg.wimsey.bc.ca>, bill@twg.wimsey.bc.ca (Bill Irwin) writes: >> I sure hope someone more familiar with cpio than I am reads this and >> takes pity on me! After a long search for some RM/Cobol-85 diskettes to >> recover a file, I can't read them. >> >> They were written in cpio format (why I don't know) and the description >> on the label says to use "cpio -icdv > that says "Out of phase -- get help" and sometimes "Cannot create >> directory <> (errno 2)". >> >Try this: >1. Log in as root >2. from root directory execute "mkdir rmcobol" >3. execute "cd rmcobol" >4. Load developement diskette >5. execute "cpio -icdv < /dev/fd096ds15" >I think your error may have been failure to make the rmcobol directory >first, as errno 2 is directory spec'd in pathname doesn't exist. I have tried the cpio retrieval in a directory that has a "rmcobol" directory beneith it, but same error message. Anyway, I thought the "d" flag was supposed to tell cpio to make directories as needed? Since you know about the rmcobol directory, can I correctly assume you have RM/Cobol on your system? If you have RM/Cobol-85 2.02 and have a file called "runtime.o" in your rmcobol directory, and would be willing to send it to me, send me mail to arrange this. The reason I am asking for help with the cpio problem is that I need this one file in order to recompile the runcobol. Hope my guess is right. -- Bill Irwin - TWG The Westrheim Group - Vancouver, BC, Canada ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ uunet!van-bc!twg!bill (604) 431-9600 (voice) | UNIX Systems bill@twg.wimsey.bc.ca (604) 431-4329 (fax) | Integration