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.
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Christian "naddy" Weisgerber [EMAIL PROTECTED]
