Sean Fulton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Try cpio-2.6-9.FC4 or cpio-2.6-10(devel), file limit size has been enlarged to > 4GB there. Because of cpio header it is not possible to get over 4GB > limit.It's > up to upstream to change it.
Indeed, the file size field in a 'new' cpio header is 8 hex digits, which limits the maximum file size to 4294967295 (4G-1) bytes. However, GNU cpio supports other formats as well. In particular, 'old ascii' format holds size as an 11-digit octal value, so it can accomodate file sizes of up to 8589934591 (8G-1) bytes. To use 'old ascii' format, specify `-H odc' command line option. Regards, Sergey _______________________________________________ Bug-cpio mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-cpio
