Which cpio data format? 1

[TonyGroves]

I've heard that cpio is more tolerant than tar of tape data errors; if that's true, I'd like to use it for (single-volume) tape backups.

However, when using cpio, I have to decide on an output format; the default is Binary, but that produces annoying error messages about each file's inode number being truncated. Another option is tar format, but I wonder if I use that would I be back to square one as regards data error tolerance?

If anybody can shed any light on this, or provide any other helpful suggestions, it would be much appreciated.

Thanks.

 

[mrregan]

Try -H newc , I think that will get rid of the messages.

 

[TonyGroves]

Ah yes, and that seems to be a highly recommended format too.

Thanks.