Bug ID: 4163620 *cpio* reports as an error an attempt to archive a named socket

Bug ID	4163620
Synopsis	cpio reports as an error an attempt to archive a named socket
State	10-Fix Delivered:Verified (Fix available in build)
Category:Subcategory	utility:archiver
Keywords	BOP \| EOPNOTSUPP \| bopmail-exception \| cpio \| error \| socket
Responsible Engineer	Cynthia Eastham
Reported Against	2.6 , 5.6 , 5.8 , 5.9 , s10 , s81_58 , snv_68 , snv_73 , s10u4_fcs , s28_08_64bit , s998_19_64bit
Duplicate Of
Introduced In	solaris_2.6
Commit to Fix	snv_77
Fixed In	snv_77
Release Fixed	solaris_nevada(snv_77) , solaris_10u5(s10u5_09) (Bug ID:2154382)
Related Bugs	1194781 , 4157367 , 6593833 , 6628307
Submit Date	5-August-1998
Last Update Date	8-January-2010
Description	cpio reports as an error an attempt to archive a named socket: $ pwd /tmp $ find . -print\|cpio -ocv > /dev/rmt/0 . ps_data .rpc_door .rpc_door/.rpc_100029.1 .rpc_door/.rpc_100029.2 .rpc_door/.rpc_100029.3 .pcmcia .pcmcia/pcram .X11-unix cpio: ".X11-unix/X0" ? .X11-pipe .X11-pipe/X0 .removable .regtool cpio: "blah-14476232" ? .mnttab.lock .name_service_door .obp_devices .pwd.lock .reconfigure_power .rootkey .sysIDtool.state .sysidconfig.apps .syslog_door .login 31 blocks 2 error(s) $ echo $? 2 $ file .X11-unix/X0 .X11-unix/X0: socket $ file blah-14476232 blah-14476232: socket This is not only reported on the cpio listing output, but also reflected in the cpio exit code. Backup scripts which are aware of this code will see this as a failure to back up.
Work Around	add a check for sockets to backup scripts where possible: from find . -print\|cpio -ocv > archive to find . ! -type s -print\|cpio -ocv > archive
Comments	N/A

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