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Date:      Mon, 15 Nov 1999 05:33:16 -0500 (EST)
From:      Barrett Richardson <barrett@phoenix.aye.net>
To:        Greg Quinlan <greg@swlct.sthames.nhs.uk>
Cc:        freebsd-stable@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: CPIO message.
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.01.9911150530160.3766-100000@phoenix.aye.net>
In-Reply-To: <00cb01bf2d2b$a7261e00$5214010a@swlct.sthames.nhs.uk>

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On Fri, 12 Nov 1999, Greg Quinlan wrote:

> cpio: Read error at byte 0 in file ./proc/3250/map, padding with zeros
> cpio: File ./proc/3250/etype shrunk by 64 bytes, padding with zeros
> cpio: Read error at byte 0 in file ./proc/3249/map, padding with zeros
> 
> While doing a cpio backup the above message appears.
> 
> I know it is the process file system, and that my backup is NOT failing, but
> I just can not get rid of the message.
> 
> I have tried:
> 
> cd /
> find . \! -name "./proc/*" -depth -print | cpio -oBO /dev/tape -H NEWC
> 
> BUT that still tries to backup the /proc directory....
> 
> what next?
> 
> 
> Greg
> 

Name all the filesystems you want to backup on the command line
and add -xdev.

find . usr var home -xdev -print | cpio -oBO /dev/tape -H NEWC

-

Barrett



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