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From: tron1@tronsbox.xei.com (Kenneth Jamieson)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.sysv386
Subject: Re: Wangtek and ISC
Message-ID: <1657@tronsbox.xei.com>
Date: 2 Jun 91 22:38:17 GMT
References: <1655@tronsbox.xei.com> <1991Jun02.125304.14474@virtech.uucp>
Organization: Romantic Encounters BBS
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In article <1991Jun02.125304.14474@virtech.uucp> cpcahil@virtech.uucp (Conor P. Cahill) writes:
>tron1@tronsbox.xei.com (Kenneth Jamieson) writes:
>
>>	If I create a cpio archive, and the do a -ivt on it, I get
>>	a read error.
>
>It sounds like something is wrong with your block size.  What arguments
>are you passing to cpio?
>

	Ok.. if I say

	ls foo | cpio -ocdvB > /dev/cthd

	then

	cpio -icvtB < /dev/cthd

	it fails.

	

	ODD FACT: (this just in)

	ls foo | cpio -ocdvB -O/dev/cthd

	and

	cpio -icvtB -I/dev/cthd

	RUNS FINE!













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