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authorClint Adams <schizo@debian.org>2009-06-19 12:32:13 +0300
committerSergey Poznyakoff <gray@gnu.org.ua>2009-06-19 12:32:13 +0300
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* doc/cpio.texi: Document format file size limits.
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@@ -369,31 +369,32 @@ ordinarily indicate a remote host name.
@item -H @var{format}
@itemx --format=@var{format}
-Use archive format @var{format}. The valid formats are listed below; the same
+Use archive format @var{format}. The valid formats are listed below
+with file size limits for individual files in parentheses; the same
names are also recognized in all-caps. The default in copy-in mode is
to automatically detect the archive format, and in copy-out mode is
@samp{bin}.
@table @samp
@item bin
-The obsolete binary format.
+The obsolete binary format. (2147483647 bytes)
@item odc
-The old (POSIX.1) portable format.
+The old (POSIX.1) portable format. (8589934591 bytes)
@item newc
The new (SVR4) portable format, which supports file systems having more
-than 65536 i-nodes.
+than 65536 i-nodes. (4294967295 bytes)
@item crc
The new (SVR4) portable format with a checksum added.
@item tar
-The old tar format.
+The old tar format. (8589934591 bytes)
@item ustar
The POSIX.1 tar format. Also recognizes GNU tar archives, which are
-similar but not identical.
+similar but not identical. (8589934591 bytes)
@item hpbin
The obsolete binary format used by HPUX's cpio (which stores device

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