Re: [Bug-cpio] Re: Bug#564259: cpio: Cpio core dumps

[Nigel Horne]

> > No - I also use the v option:
> >
> > find `cat usr/local/lib/dirs/usb` -mtime -7 -print | cpio -pvdu
> > media/8313e1a8-e5d9-4e37-8bfb-f69dcb0af44c/
> >     
>
> Thanks. Two more questions: does coredump occur always on the same
> file? How many files/bytes (approximately) are archived before it
> happens?
>   
1) No.  But I think it's always an NFS file.
2) I just tried it and 50688 out of 530816 where copied.  I do not know 
how typical that count it.

For what it's worth, I've seen this on 32-bit and 64-bit machines on 
both Debian/Linux and Debian/Hurd.
> Regards,
> Sergey
>   


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