From: nospam@needed.invalid   
      
   philo wrote:   
   > On 1/7/20 7:13 PM, philo wrote:   
   >> I am still fooling with the SCO Unix server I had mentioned the other   
   >> day.   
   >>   
   >> I was given specific instructions how to create and retrieve a gzip   
   >> archive on a separate partition using cpio   
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   >> Now I am working on a bare minimum installation that does not have gzip.   
   >>   
   >>   
   >> Since I an only transferring a small amount of data, I don't need it.   
   >> I do need help with exact context   
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   >>   
   >> I would like to take one folder and use cpio to let's say) copy it to   
   >> /dev/hd0   
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   >>   
   >> I would then put the drive with the archive on it into second machine   
   >> and un-archive the files back to a folder   
   >>   
   >> Could anyone give me an exact example?   
   >>   
   >> Thanks   
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   >   
   > Appreciate all the help Paul and Grant.   
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   >   
   > Bela, the guy who worked for SCO gave me this advice and it worked.   
   >   
   > do not have to worry about tar or gzip as it's only a tiny amount of data   
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   > linux# find games | cpio -ov | compress > /dev/hd04  ### except, the   
   > right name for the target partition,   
   >  under linux...   
   > sco# cd /target/location;   
   >  zcat < /dev/hd04 | cpio -ivdm   
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   > Now I can fool with some of those old text based games on my own   
   > workshop machine.   
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   >   
   > May even put it in a virtual machine   
   >   
      
   You probably didn't need the compress step.   
      
   Like, this much would work.   
      
   cpio -ov > /dev/hd04   
      
   Then, when you pull that off on the other side,   
   it's effectively a copy of "archive.cpio" stored   
   on the hard drive as if the hard drive is a tape.   
      
   And the reason I want to make an intermediate file with   
   the "file list" on it, is so I can check and be sure   
   I've got the items in the list, that I expect. For   
   example, one directory in the tree I tried to process,   
   was "access denied" due to permissions. And I could   
   discover my error, without waiting for the first run   
   of the archive attempt, to finish.   
      
   Compression is only necessary, if there's some problem   
   with the available space on the hard drive used. Like   
   trying to stick 16GB of files on an 8GB drive. As   
   the source computer may not be able to deal with   
   really large drives (depending on what era the   
   OS is from).   
      
       Paul   
      
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