Re: Prob using CPIO

[mlelstv%serpens.de@localhost (Michael van Elst)]

tgruhn2%gmail.com@localhost (Todd Gruhn) writes:

>I zip up much  music:

>   find . -depth -print | cpio -ov > file.cpio

>To unzip it , I must undo *cpio severa times severa times:

>   cpio -iv < file.cpio

Your 'zip' packs the local directory including the cpio file that
is being created. You don't have to cpio several times to unpack,
but the data (most likely) exists twice in the archive.


>Am I messing this up somehow? The *.cpio file is about 250MB...

Yes, don't include the resulting cpio file, easiest by writing
it to a separate directory.