go the whole hog, and provide a list of file size limits for the

various formats;

move it to CAVEATS too, which seems more logical;

suggested by peter philipp;
help/ok otto@

1 files changed, 15 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/bin/pax/cpio.1 b/bin/pax/cpio.1
index 36ecc49b6e3..8109dd88631 100644
--- a/bin/pax/cpio.1
+++ b/bin/pax/cpio.1
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\"	$OpenBSD: cpio.1,v 1.21 2005/11/10 10:42:19 jmc Exp $
+.\"	$OpenBSD: cpio.1,v 1.22 2005/11/15 00:00:28 jmc Exp $
 .\"
 .\" Copyright (c) 1997 SigmaSoft, Th. Lockert
 .\" All rights reserved.
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 .\" (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF
 .\" THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
 .\"
-.\"	$OpenBSD: cpio.1,v 1.21 2005/11/10 10:42:19 jmc Exp $
+.\"	$OpenBSD: cpio.1,v 1.22 2005/11/15 00:00:28 jmc Exp $
 .\"
 .Dd February 16, 1997
 .Dt CPIO 1
@@ -282,13 +282,22 @@ specific archive format specification.
 .Xr tar 1
 .Sh AUTHORS
 Keith Muller at the University of California, San Diego.
+.Sh CAVEATS
+Different file formats have different maximum file sizes.
+It is recommended that a format such as cpio or ustar
+be used for larger files.
+.Pp
+.Bl -column "File format" "Maximum file size" -offset indent -compact
+.It Sy "File format" Ta Sy "Maximum file size"
+.It bcpio Ta 4 Gigabytes
+.It sv4cpio Ta 4 Gigabytes
+.It cpio Ta 8 Gigabytes
+.It tar Ta 64 Gigabytes
+.It ustar Ta 64 Gigabytes
+.El
 .Sh BUGS
 The
 .Fl s
 and
 .Fl S
 options are currently not implemented.
-.Pp
-Files in the sv4cpio format are limited to a maximum size of 4 Gigabytes.
-It is recommended that a format such as cpio or ustar
-be used for larger files.