On 22 October 2005, Hannah Schroeter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hello!
>
> On Sat, Oct 22, 2005 at 01:43:03PM +0000, Christian Weisgerber wrote:
> >Hannah Schroeter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> >> Use a more apt data format in your use case. Ehm correcting myself:
> >> According to pax(1), 100 is the limit for pathnames in the old tar
> >> format, while the limit for ustar is 250. For *pathnames*!.
>
> >> Perhaps you can use cpio (or pax with -x cpio).
>
> >Actually, it's the SVR4 cpio format ("sv4cpio" or the variant
> >"sv4crc") you want. 1024-char file/path names, 32-bit inode and
> >device numbers, and even reasonably portable.
>
> If the plain cpio format itself isn't up to the task, perhaps the pax
> manual page should document its limitations. I went by the manual page
> and saw no mention of restrictions there for cpio, either.
>
> Still good to know about that recommendation, I might have some use for
> it too.
See also the classical articles by Elizabeth Zwicky:
http://berdmann.dyndns.org/doc/dump/zwicky/testdump.doc.html
http://www.usenix.org/events/lisa03/tech/full_papers/zwicky/zwicky_html/
Regards,
Liviu Daia
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