pax

[Kathy McGohan_1]

It was stated by Cheryl Griffin that Pax can only handle a logfilename of 100 Characters or less.
What about the latest version of Pax for 11.0/11.11, does the same rule apply?

[Michael Roberts_3]

I think the defect was that if the 100th character was '/' ie:
/long/path/99/101
it got recorded by pax as
/long/path/99101
and then on restore there is an error about
the file not being found.

This has been fixed in the latest pax patches.

[Cheryl Griffin · Accepted solution]

PHCO_32438 is the latest 11.11 pax patch.
PHCO_30150 is the last 11.00 pax patch.
Neither of these patches mention any changes.

pax can handle a /dir/subdirectory/longfilename where the longfilename is 100 characters or less and the total length of /dir/subdirectory/ is 155 characters or less.

If you can point me to the post where you got the original information I posted, I can verify we are talking about the same issue.

[Kathy McGohan_1]

Cheryl, the originator of the question was Richard Pereira. The title was "ignite-Path name element too long - Skipped", dated 12/21/04.

I believe you've answered my question. Thanks

[Kathy McGohan_1]

To those who answered this question, just wanted you to know that I cannot assign points to you. Everytime I try, it does nothing.

[Michael Roberts_3]

On my B.11.11 system with PHCO_32438 installed the > 100 char filename restriction is still there, but it appears the length of the directory allowed is at least 178 chars:

Long symlink error:
pax: pax_test/0/one4567890/two4567890/three67890/four567890/five567890/six456789
0/seven67890/1234/s1 : Link name is longer than 100 chars.

Long hardlink error:
pax: pax_test/0/one4567890/two4567890/three67890/four567890/five567890/six456789
0/seven67890/eight67890/nine567890/bar : Link name is longer than 100 chars.

File name too long error:
pax: pax_test/012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345
67890123456789012345678901234567890 : Path name element too long - skipped

Long directory path ( 178 characters ) seemed to work OK:
pax_test/0123456789/0123456789/0123456789/0123456789/0123456789/0123456789/01234
56789/0123456789/0123456789/0123456789/0123456789/0123456789/0123456789/01234567
89/0123456789/0123456789/0123456789/end