On Mon, Jun 26, 2006 at 12:53:07PM -0400, Charles Swiger wrote:
> On Jun 26, 2006, at 12:44 PM, Ben Collver wrote:
> >I am using pax to back up some files.  I get messages like:
> >
> >pax: Cpio header field is too small to store file /departments/ 
> >marketing/mac/Christmas party/IMG_4816.JPG
> >
> >When I extract the archive, this file is missing.
> >
> >What does this error message actually mean?  How do I fix it?
> 
> pax can inherit a 100-character filename limitation from cpio or  
> cpio's tar-mode emulation in some circumstances; try using GNU cpio,  
> or simply use gnutar or Tim K's BSD tar directly, which will handle  
> long filenames OK if you want to use a tar-archive format....
> 
> "man pax" has a discussion about this.

The file name in question is less than 100 characters.  Where does the
man page discuss pax inheriting a 100-character path limit for the cpio
format?

Thank you,

Ben