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+++ b/bin/pax/pax.1
@@ -403,7 +403,10 @@ block the output at a positive decimal integer number of
bytes per write to the archive file.
The
.Ar blocksize
-must be a multiple of 512 bytes with a maximum of 32256 bytes.
+must be a multiple of 512 bytes with a maximum of 64512 bytes.
+Archives larger than 32256 bytes violate the
+.Tn POSIX
+standard and will not be portable to all systems.
A
.Ar blocksize
can end with
@@ -1130,6 +1133,9 @@ and
operations are extensions to the
.Tn POSIX
standard.
+.Sh SEE ALSO
+.Xr tar 1 ,
+.Xr cpio 1
.Sh AUTHORS
.An Keith Muller
at the University of California, San Diego
OpenPOWER on IntegriCloud