> I can't work out whats going on with my nightly cpio backup.
> If I do:
> 
>   cd /
>   find . -print | cpio -ocv 2>$OUT > /dev/st0
> 
> and read back the contents using
> 
>   cpio -itv </dev/st0
> 
> we get a partial list of files and then:
> cpio: memory exhausted

Do you have a limit on the amount of memory a process can use?
'ulimit -v' should show you - or 'ulimit -a' if you prefer.

Martin
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