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Re: cpio copy-pass mode ignores block size arguments ?
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Sergey Poznyakoff |
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Re: cpio copy-pass mode ignores block size arguments ? |
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Date: |
Tue, 11 Jan 2022 07:28:53 +0100 |
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MH (GNU Mailutils 3.13.90) |
Hi Jean-Baptiste,
> Operation modifiers valid in any mode:
> --block-size=BLOCK-SIZE Set the I/O block size to BLOCK-SIZE * 512 bytes
> -B Set the I/O block size to 5120 bytes
This help message is misguiding, indeed. The block size is used when
doing I/O with the archive storage, i.e. only in copy-in and copy-out
mode. I'll fix the text. Thanks for reporting it!
Best regards,
Sergey