Restoreing from a "cpio" backup.

From: Robin Bujhawan <petroisd_at_trinidad.net>
Date: Fri, 25 Apr 1997 16:54:09 -0400

I'm having difficulty restoring from a cpio backup. Apparently, I'm not specifying the pattern properly for the restore.

Cmd. used for the backup:-
"find / -depth -print | cpio -ocvB | dd bs=5k of=/dev/rmt0h"

This in fact successfully backed up all files from root.

Now I want to restore all files and sub-directory contents of the "/robin" directory.

I issued for the restore:-

cpio -iudmvcB < /dev/rmt0h "/robin/*"

This only restored the directory names under /robin ex:

/robin/robin1
/robin/robin2

However, robin1 and robin2 also have sub-directories with files.

How can I restore all files & directories under robin recursively.

Essentially, I want to get back everything under the /robin directory. What pattern should i specify?

Thanks.
Received on Fri Apr 25 1997 - 23:03:44 NZST