Compress problem

[Mike Wescott]

In article <493 at dhump.lakesys.COM> mort at dhump.lakesys.COM (Mort d`Hump) writes:
> I am having trouble using compress to de-compress large .Z files.
> The operation terminates with a "File too large" error.

> This is the first file I have trouble with:
> mort     users    1059441 Dec 21 21:01 SML3.1.cpio.Z

I'll bet that your ulimit is too small for the resulting uncompress'd file.
Try increasing your ulimit or dearchiving as you go:

	zcat SML3.1.cpio.Z | cpio -ivcBd

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