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Ever wondered about the inode trunctation in #cpio formats and what that might mean for the integrity of your archives on modern systems?
No? No, I didn't think so because that is nerdy as fuck!!! 🤓
Nonetheless, I typed this up. No need to… umm… thank me. 🤪

GNU cpio and inode truncation considerations
GNU cpio and inode truncation considerations. GitHub Gist: instantly share code, notes, and snippets.

I got bored and reverse engineered how SCO #cpio is able to store such large files in their archives when the newc format only officially supports 4Gb file entries.
I am not a coder, so I just made some files with cpio from the Heirloom Toolset and looked at them in hexdump.
#rpm packag…

SCO file size extension
SCO file size extension. GitHub Gist: instantly share code, notes, and snippets.