Hi,
How does the -E filename work with cpio?  By example, I had an archive
with about 5500 files in it of which I only needed three hundred.  I am
thinking that the command:

cpio -iv -E filename < /dev/st0

or similiar would extract only the files listed in 'filename'.  Is this
the correct assumption?  I have tried this and it did nothing.  I am
guessing that my 'filename' is in an incorrect format.  Last try it
looked like this:

/dir/filename
/dir/dirfilename
etc...

Any pointers someone can offer me.  I am pretty sure it will be
something obvious that I am overlooking.  Thanks.

Robert

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Your pattern file format is fine. It uses the shell globbing format,
giving a complete file path per line (terminated with newline) should
work.

You might want to use the '-d' flag to make it create any missing
parent directories though, your example would fail when the current
directory does not have a '/dir/' directory.

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thanks very much

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