System Administration Guide

Example--Retrieving Specified Files From a Tape (cpio)

In this example, all files with suffix chapter are copied from tape drive 0.


$ cd /home/smith/Book
$ cpio -icv "*chapter" < /dev/rmt/0
Boot.chapter Directory.chapter Install.chapter Intro.chapter
31 blocks
$ ls -l

See cpio(1) for more information.