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

[Sergey Poznyakoff]

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