> > I can't say I've used cpio much, but the man pages say that > it should recognise the format automatically. > > any ideas what I'm doing wrong? > > Hard to say. Either it's not really a compatible cpio format (some > Solaris native format perhaps) or cpio doesn't recognize the format > automatically and you should try the -H command line switch.
thanks, I'll check that out. you're supposed to be able to use cpio to extract it, unfortunately I guess you're supposed to do it on solaris and it would be automatic. > Out of curiosity, what does `file v240-disbox-v1-08-archive' print? hmm, I don't seem to have the file command. what package is it in? -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
