Subj : fido utils
To   : Deuce
From : Angus Mcleod
Date : Sun Jun 19 2005 08:10 pm

  Re: fido utils
  By: Deuce to Angus Mcleod on Sun Jun 19 2005 14:32:00

 >  > If you can't handle that, just wait until you try to get your head around
 >  > 'tar':
 > 
 > And don't even THINK about cpio.
 > 
 > NAME
 >        cpio - copy files to and from archives
 > 
 > SYNOPSIS
 >        cpio  {-o|--create} [-0acvABLV] [-C bytes] [-H format] [-M message] [
 >        [[user@]host:]archive]        [-F        [[user@]host:]archive]
 >        [--file=[[user@]host:]archive]   [--format=format]  [--message=messag
 >        [--null] [--reset-access-time] [--verbose] [--dot] [--append] [--bloc
 >        size=blocks]  [--dereference]      [--io-size=bytes]      [--quiet]
 >        [--force-local] [--rsh-command=command] [--help]  [--version]  <  nam
 >        list [> archive]
 > 
 >        cpio  {-i|--extract} [-bcdfmnrtsuvBSV] [-C bytes] [-E file] [-H forma
 >        [-M message]  [-R  [user][:.][group]]  [-I  [[user@]host:]archive]  [
 >        [[user@]host:]archive]  [--file=[[user@]host:]archive] [--make-direct
 >        ries]  [--nonmatching]  [--preserve-modification-time]  [--numeric-ui
 >        gid] [--rename] [-t|--list] [--swap-bytes] [--swap] [--dot] [--uncond
 >        tional]  [--verbose]  [--block-size=blocks]  [--swap-halfwords]  [--i
 >        size=bytes]       [--pattern-file=file]       [--format=format]
 >        [--owner=[user][:.][group]]  [--no-preserve-owner]  [--message=messag
 >        [--force-local]   [--no-absolute-filenames]   [--sparse]   [--only-ve
 >        ify-crc] [--quiet] [--rsh-command=command] [--help]  [--version]  [pa
 >        tern...] [< archive]
 > 
 >        cpio  {-p|--pass-through}  [-0adlmuvLV] [-R [user][:.][group]] [--nul
 >        [--reset-access-time] [--make-directories] [--link]  [--quiet]  [--pr
 >        serve-modification-time]    [--unconditional]    [--verbose]    [--do
 >        [--dereference]    [--owner=[user][:.][group]]    [--no-preserve-owne
 >        [--sparse] [--help] [--version] destination-directory < name-list
 > 

Yes, but nobody actually *uses* 'cpio' do they?   ;-)


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