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author | Clint Adams <schizo@debian.org> | 2009-06-19 12:32:13 +0300 |
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committer | Sergey Poznyakoff <gray@gnu.org.ua> | 2009-06-19 12:32:13 +0300 |
commit | 1034f14aafe2074d3d3fc6240f32291d85f76e37 (patch) | |
tree | 958c552738e8f659b18754319e007cbd4b7379ef /doc/cpio.texi | |
parent | d3b211f3483b4bbcb1cb02c37f33f1cf03da1589 (diff) | |
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* doc/cpio.texi: Document format file size limits.
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diff --git a/doc/cpio.texi b/doc/cpio.texi index ae6c4b7..5873794 100644 --- a/doc/cpio.texi +++ b/doc/cpio.texi @@ -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 |