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Re: [Bug-cpio] HP GNU cpio does not process files larger than 2 GB
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Sergey Poznyakoff |
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Re: [Bug-cpio] HP GNU cpio does not process files larger than 2 GB |
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Wed, 06 Sep 2006 19:13:51 +0300 |
Andre Cornelissen <address@hidden> wrote:
> While trying to restore an Oracle data base file after a disk crash I
> discovered that the datafile (>2GB) was not written by GNU cpio.
This bug has been fixed in CVS. Now cpio correctly diagnoses that the
file size is too large to be stored in the header.
I'd suggest to use 'new' cpio format (cpio -Hnewc), which is able to
store files of up to 4G-1 bytes.
Regards,
Sergey