System Administration Guide: Basic Administration

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. Make the diskette available.


    $ volcheck
    
  4. Retrieve bar files from a diskette.

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


    $ cpio -ivH bar < /vol/dev/aliases/floppy0