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Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!news.Hawaii.Edu!ames!haven.umd.edu!wam.umd.edu!publius From: publius@wam.umd.edu (Matt Beal) Subject: CPIO Message-ID: <1993Mar11.235458.29775@wam.umd.edu> Summary: Out of space for src installation Sender: usenet@wam.umd.edu (USENET News system) Nntp-Posting-Host: rac3.wam.umd.edu Organization: University of Maryland, College Park Date: Thu, 11 Mar 1993 23:54:58 GMT Lines: 12 I hope this isn't TOO simple or stupid a question, but I need an answer fast... I was installing the source distribution, and ran out of space during the unpacking of the files. It occurs to me that I could probably handle it, but only if those 62 distribution files weren't there the entire time. What I'm getting at is this: how can I manually unpack those files? I managed to do one one time with: zcat <file> | cpio -<some options...don't remember> However, the rest failed. How can I unpack them? Tomorrow afternoon, I go on break and lose net access for 10 days, so if anyone could mail me soon, I would VERY much appreciate it! -Matt