Maybe the socket problem with cpio -i is related to the screwy -p
behaviour. -Tom
On Thu, 4 Feb 1999, Steve Morris wrote:
> Date: Thu, 04 Feb 1999 15:53:36 -0800
> From: Steve Morris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: [tomsrtbt] more on cpio -p
>
> Tom wrote:
> >Steve- can you try it with
> >find . -depth -print | cpio -o | cpio -iumvd /path/to/nfs/mount
> >and make *sure* it is OK that way? If it really is OK with -o | ->i then
> I'll put a note in the FAQ to use -o | -i instead of -p...
>
> I'm in the process of trying it now. At first glance
>
> find . -depth -print | cpio -ov | \
> ( cd /remote/path && cpio -iumd )
>
> appears to work although it isn't copying over sockets. I'm not sure if
> this would be a problem if I was doing a restore. On the other hand,
> yesterday I did a backup to a remote tape drive using
>
> find . -depth -print | cpio -ov | dd | \
> rsh remote-host dd of=/dev/tape
>
> And looking at the tape's table of contents, the sockets went over to the
> tape. I would assume that this means that cpio -i is the culprit with
> regards to the sockets.
>
> Steve
>
