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SubjectRe: cpio trouble with 2.2.10-ac4 SMP
On Sat, Jun 26, 1999 at 05:37:49PM +0200, Thierry Danis wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> I have observed a strange behaviour using cpio on a 2.2.10-ac4 SMP box.
>
> strichnine is the SMP box.
> dgps6 is a 2.2.10-ac4 UP box.
> willy is a 2.2.10-ac4 UP box.
>
> >From dgps6, as root :
> # rsh strichnine 'cd /usr; find . -depth -print | cpio -ovB' >/dev/null
>
> The command ends up prematuraly (in the middle of X11R6). No log on either
> machine.
>
> # rsh strichnine 'cd /usr; tar cvf - .' >/dev/null
>
> The command completes normally.
>
>
> >From dgps6, as root :
> # rsh willy 'cd /usr; find . -depth -print | cpio -ovB' >/dev/null
>
> The command completes normally.
>
>
> To summary, a cpio on an SMP box sent to /dev/null through the network dies.
> As a consequence, it is impossible to backup the SMP box using cpio.
>
> A+,
> --
> Thierry Danis
> Poste : 53 53 danis@spmo.sagem.fr
>

I may add that a local cpio redirected to /dev/null succeeds
(find . -depth -print | cpio -ovB >/dev/null 2>/tmp/zz) so
there does not seem to be some kind of corruption on the file
systeme.

A+,
--
Thierry Danis
Poste : 53 53 danis@spmo.sagem.fr

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