On Tue, 15 Feb 2005 19:08, Lindsay wrote: > Thanks. �I managed to save them on a floppy and have saved the > instructions for future. �I'm not sure that it completed the job and I > wouldn't know how find out. �It sort of stopped with a blinking cursor > at the bottom, but no indication to say it had completed the task. �Is > that normal? Yes, In unix no news is good news. _Always_.
To check that your archive is complete:- cat /dev/fd0 | cpio --extract --list check that you don't get any nasty messages. btw, now that you have a cpio archive on the floppy you do know that you can't use it for other files don't you. ( You did ask for something simple ) Look folks he's done it! He can type 33 characters so he can now justify calling our Min. of Ed. for half a dozen NCEA units. :-) -- Sincerely etc., Christopher Sawtell.
