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restore using cpio
Q - I am trying to restore data from tape using cpio to another area of the same disk. The only way I can think to do this at present is interactively; # cpio -ir <filename >/dev/tape This prompts me for a new filename but does restore to my current directory. Is there a way to reload the data... -
reloading using cpio......
i have copied a section of data using cpio from a live environment on a rs6000 box (aix). I wish to reload it onto the same box but a different destination (a test environment). I cannot think of a way of doing this without risking overwriting the originally saved data which has since been...- jgroves
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