cpio/afio writing directories?

[Johan Vromans]

>From article <23 at libove.UUCP>, by root at libove.UUCP (The Super User):
> 
> I'm using afio (operationally very like cpio, for those who've never
> seen afio; if you use cpio and don't have afio, get afio!) ...
                                                  ^^^^^^^^
Where & how?

> My question: How do I tell afio/cpio that 
> 
> % echo '/x /y /z' | afio -o
> 
> means /x /y /z and all subfiles also?

Use 'find' instead of echo:

 % find /x /y /x -print | afio -o

See find(1).

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