Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!att!pacbell!ames!nrl-cmf!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!bloom-beacon!gatech!purdue!decwrl!sun!pitstop!sundc!seismo!uunet!vsi!sullivan From: sullivan@vsi.UUCP (Michael T Sullivan) Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions Subject: Re: How can I read a cpio archive with absolute pathnames? Summary: Simpler idea Message-ID: <656@vsi.UUCP> Date: 12 May 88 14:55:25 GMT References: <407@vsi.UUCP> <4019@cup.portal.com> <434@vsi.UUCP> <4400@b-tech.UUCP> <5506@chinet.UUCP> Organization: V-Systems, Inc. -- Santa Ana, CA Lines: 16 In article <5506@chinet.UUCP>, randy@chinet.UUCP (Randy Suess) writes: > In article <5232@cup.portal.com> itkin@cup.portal.com writes: > ]> > ]>There is a comp.sources program called fixcpio that fixes damaged cpio > ]How about keeping it simple? Use 'chroot' to specify a new root directory > ]relative to something you like and then move/rename the file once it's there. > be in. Chroot is not a nice command. > Seems Jon's idea is simpler. Jon's idea was much simpler. I got fixcpio, made a few quick mods, and it does just what we want it to do. Quick and easy, how nice. -- Michael Sullivan {uunet|attmail}!vsi!sullivan sullivan@vsi.com HE V MTL Anybody out there remember Max Webster?