On Sun, Nov 28, 2004 at 06:35:02PM +0100, commbtp wrote:
> hello all
> I am new to linux. Have successfully installed fedora core 2 to my machine.
> Trying to install informix dynamic server. After unzipping the file , l get a IDS2000.cpio file.
>
> typed cpio --extract IDS2000.cpi
> (as root) as per
> installation instructions and it just hangs for a very long
> time, ctrl-c brings me back to the command line.
>
> I typed cpio alone on the command line and it shows all options.
>
> Thanks in advance
cpio always reads from standard in, so you would need to do it like this:
cpio --extract < IDS2000.cpi
Depending on how the cpio archive was made, you may also need other
options. I don't know how to tell from here.
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