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Old 10-25-2007
cpio: Ulimit reached for file output

I am trying run cpio backing up to tape, but I get the above error. Can anyone assist please as I am sleeping at work today.

I tried setting the ulimit to unlimited but when I rebooted the server it came back with another value and I cannot run my backup now....
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cpio(4) 						     Kernel Interfaces Manual							   cpio(4)

NAME
cpio - Format of cpio archive DESCRIPTION
The header structure, when the -c option of cpio(1) is not used, is: struct { short h_magic, h_dev; ushort h_ino, h_mode, h_uid, h_gid; short h_nlink, h_rdev h_mtime[2], h_namesize, h_filesize[2]' char h_name[h_namesize rounded to word]; } Hdr; When the -c option is used, the header information is described by: sscanf(Chdr,"%6o%6o%6o%6o%6o%6o%6o%6o%11lo%6o%11lo%s", &Hdr.h_magic, &Hdr.h_dev, &Hdr.h_ino, &Hdr.h_mode, &Hdr.h_uid, &Hdr.h_gid, &Hdr.h_nlink, &Hdr.h_rdev, &Longtime, &Hdr.h_namesize,&Longfile,Hdr.h_name); The Longtime and Longfile are equivalent to Hdr.h_mtime and Hdr.h_filesize, respec- tively. The contents of each file are recorded in an element of the array of varying length structures, archive, together with other items describing the file. Every instance of h_magic contains the constant 070707 (octal). The items h_dev through h_mtime have meanings explained in stat(2). The length of the null-terminated path name h_name, including the null byte, is given by h_namesize. The last record of the archive always contains the name TRAILER!!! Special files, directories, and the trailer are recorded with h_file- size equal to zero. RELATED INFORMATION
cpio(1), find(1), stat(2) delim off cpio(4)