Date: Fri, 18 Jan 2013 16:56:12 +0100 From: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> To: Fbsd8 <fbsd8@a1poweruser.com> Cc: FreeBSD questions <questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: pax error message Message-ID: <20130118165612.193ef373.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <50F96D65.2080903@a1poweruser.com> References: <50F96D65.2080903@a1poweruser.com>
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On Fri, 18 Jan 2013 10:42:29 -0500, Fbsd8 wrote: > When dir-path contains data over 7G in size pax issues this error msg, > > pax: file is to large for cpio format ./dir-path > > How do I correct this? Maybe by patching or rewriting cpio. :-) >From "man cpio", the BUGS section contains: The cpio archive formats cannot support files over 4 gigabytes, except for the ``odc'' variant, which can support files up to 8 gigabytes. And cpio has a -c option (equals --format odc), maybe you can hand this over from pax? -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...
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