Thank you so very much for your response. Please find attached the results of:
od -xv --address-radix=d FILE_001 > V00063_hexdump.txt Thank you, Alice On Wed, Dec 14, 2022 at 7:10 PM Tim Kientzle <[email protected]> wrote: > Can you provide a hex dump of the first 128 or so bytes of the archive? > > Tim > > > On Dec 14, 2022, at 12:40 PM, Alice Lecinski <[email protected]> wrote: > > I have a very old cpio archive written in approximately 1990. > It was most likely written on a VAX VMS (~linux) system. > This is historical data and fairly important... > > When I attempt to get the files using: > > cpio -iv --no-absolute-filenames --force-local --format='bin' < FILE_001 > > > I get the following output: > > cpio: ecl9w2: unknown file type > ecl9w2 > cpio: g: unknown file type > g > cpio: ssss: unknown file type > ssss > cpio: t: unknown file type > t > wwww > 5480 blocks > > > When I then do an 'ls', the 'wwww' file has been created. But none of > the other files: > > 'ecl9w2', 'g', 't' > > exist. > The 'wwww' file is ascii and readable. I know the 'ecl9w2' file is > binary. > > Any suggestions? > Thank you, > Alice > > <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> > Alice Lecinski > Associate Scientist IV > High Altitude Observatory www2.hao.ucar.edu > > HAO is a division of the National Center for Atmospheric Research, > which is operated by the University Corporation for Atmospheric > Research under sponsorship of the National Science Foundation. > <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> > > >
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