[EMAIL PROTECTED] (2004-11-16 at 1245.39 -0500): > > You could use GNU tar to unpack the archives, as gtar replaces / with ./ by > > default, > > taking away the double pain (at the cost of additional pain for using gtar > > :) > Unfortunately the rooted backups are cpio format: [...] > And there's no documented way to use tar on a cpio file, although cpio
The man page I have talks about --no-absolute-filenames, no chroot tricks needed. > will read many tar files. The real issue is not how to do the unpack, but > how to NOT do the unpack at all. That would save time, but no idea about how to do with mkisofs. GSR -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
