Truncating inode number

[mikecooper]

At work, we use a statistical analysis program which has a small Linux script which basically just uses gzip and cpio command to compress multiple files into a single file ending with .pak (don't understand why not gz).

Anyway, this is the main line that does the real work:

find ${FILES} -depth -print|cpio -ov|gzip > ${OUT}

There seems to be a message that is always given out showing:

cpio: filename/samename: truncating inode number

Can anyone explain this message and if it anything abnormal? There apparently are no nasty effects or problems, so it cannot be very serious if it is abnormal. The boss "doesn't like it" and would "prefer not to see it". Thanks for any help.

Mike

[syn]

should just be the like process number or something, if there are no ill effects theres no problem right http://www.linuxnewbie.org/ubb/smile.gif maybe do a search on whatis.com or somewhere to findout the dirt on what "inode" is though