extracting single file from cpio archive

Wes Bateman wes@bgcs.org
Wed, 01 Mar 2000 23:01:36 GMT


Hi all, I am trying to extract one specific file from a cpio archive.  
I usually just restore all directories and everything onto another 
machine and grab what files/directories I need.  This time though, I 
have very little drive space available, so I want to only extract a 
single file.

I've tried the -E option but I haven't had any luck, it still looks 
like it's extracting every file.

Anyone have any ideas/suggestions?

Thanks,
Wes