Bridges, Doug wrote: > 'cat bigFile | cpio -itv' worked and listed the files in the archive. > However, I tried 'cat bigFile | cpio -ic' and it died with "cpio: > warning: skipped 42336813 bytes of junk; cpio: Memory exhausted" Try it without the -c ??? -- Until later, Geoffrey Registered Linux User #108567 AT&T Certified UNIX System Programmer - 1995