[ale] Problem restoring past large file in cpio

[DCox at icc.net (Danny Cox)]

Chuck,

On Wed, 2006-10-18 at 10:59 -0400, Chuck Huber wrote:
> The problem I'm encountering is that cpio won't restore past a large 
> file (a DVD image of about 3.5G).  The listing it created during the 
> backup has many files past it that are needed.

	You might try pax.  It can read cpio archives, and get you through/past
the large file.  You might try telling either one to restore everything
EXCEPT that large file, and then work on just getting that file back.

	HTH!

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Daniel S. Cox
Internet Commerce Corporation