Hello I tried to use cpio with the following results $ ls *.png cd-icon.png cdplayer.png wilbur.png $ $ ls *.png | cpio -o >xyz.cpio cpio: cd-icon.png: No such file or directory cpio: cdplayer.png: No such file or directory cpio: wilbur.png: No such file or directory cpio: : No such file or directory 1 block $ info pages of cpio says % ls | cpio -ov > directory.cpio can back up all files in current directory Can anybidy tell what went wrong Sunil -- ------------------------------------------------------------ Sunil Thomas Thonikuzhiyil On GNU/Linux 2.2 Principal,College of Applied Potato Sciences,Calicut,Kerala ----------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------- The mailing list archives are available at http://lists.linux-india.org/cgi-bin/wilma/LIH
