System Administration Guide, Volume I

How to Retrieve bar Files From a Diskette

  1. Change to the directory where you want to put the files.

  2. Insert the diskette into the drive.

  3. Run volcheck to make the diskette available.


    $ volcheck
    
  4. Use the cpio command to retrieve bar files from a diskette.

    All the files on the diskette are copied to the current directory.


    $ cpio -ivH bar < /vol/dev/rdiskette/unlabeled