Re: [Bug-cpio] cpio can't read large files

[Sean Fulton]

I will try. But 8 G still seems kind of small. Are there plans to change 
this?


Sergey Poznyakoff wrote:

> Sean Fulton <address@hidden> 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
>
>  

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