Bug?

[Gilles Germon]

Hi listers

I have a linux system with cpio 2.8, in this system I have a big file (5343
564800 bytes) yes 5 Gb, that I can't save.
When I try to save this file, I receive this message:

cpio: /usr2/piecefile/DOCMEMO: field width not sufficient for storing file
size

The syntax used :

#find /usr2 -depth -print | cpio -ov -H crc >/dev/tape

After the error message if I try to list the tape:

The command cpio -itv </dev/tape returns: 1 block

# cpio --version
cpio (GNU cpio) 2.8

Is this a bug?

Thanks in advance
Gilles



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[Tim Kientzle]

Gilles Germon wrote:

>I have a linux system with cpio 2.8, in this system I have a big file (5343
>564800 bytes) yes 5 Gb, that I can't save.
>
>#find /usr2 -depth -print | cpio -ov -H crc >/dev/tape
>  
>
The 'crc' file format cannot support entries larger than 4GB.
You can try using the old 'odc' format (which supports entries
up to 8GB) or you can use the 'tar' program instead.
GNU tar, star, heirloom tar, bsdtar, and many other tar
implementations can support very large files using 'pax'
or 'gnu' extensions.  (In most cases, these extensions
are enabled by default.)

>Is this a bug?
>  
>
No.

Cheers,

Tim



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