Re: truncated inode numbers in cpio

[Paul Slootman <paul@wau.mis.ah.nl>]

In article <3681cc37.390896@news.oz.net> you write:
>On 23 Dec 98 13:59:19 GMT, paul@wau.mis.ah.nl (Paul Slootman) wroth:
>>
>>It means that the default output format (the "old c" format) can't
>>handle those inode numbers. Cpio uses the inode number info to restore
>>hard links when reading an archive back.
>>
>
>I read about the "old c" format in the man pages, but as far as I could tell,
>the default was a newer format, still ascii and portable, but without the

Read again:

       -H FORMAT, --format=FORMAT
              Use  archive  format FORMAT.  The valid formats are
              listed below; the same names are also recognized in
              all-caps.   The default in copy-in mode is to auto­
                          ^^^^^^^^^^^
              matically detect the archive format, and  in  copy-
              out mode is "bin".                        ^^^^^^^^^
              ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Paul Slootman
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