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From: zaft@spc1ed6.nswses.navy.mil (Gordon C Zaft)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.3b1
Subject: Re: CPIO problem on 7300
Summary: -c option needed!
Keywords: cpio ftp
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Date: 3 Mar 91 00:07:48 GMT
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In article <1991Mar2.083703.27179@csusac.csus.edu> jetfuel@babbage.csus.edu (Dave Jenks) writes:
>In article <8178@suned1.Nswses.Navy.MIL> zaft@.nswses.navy.mil (Gordon C Zaft) writes:
>
>Do this:
>
>    $ file compress.cpio
>
>If it comes back with ASCII cpio archive, you must specify the 'c'
>option to cpio:
>
>    $ cpio -ictv < compress.cpio
>	     ^
>

	The -c option is exactly what was needed!  Problem solved!

	Thanks to Dave and also the several people who responded by e-mail.

	Now, I still need a Development Set, if anyone has one they want to
sell.....

	This is one nify machine.... I'm really very pleased so far.  Now if
I just had a 9600 baud modem....:-)
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