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Handling of Large CMP Archive Files

As CMP archive files (files.cmp and ufiles.cmp) greater than 2 Gbytes cannot be created by the Packager and handled by the CMP Editor, the Packager creates multiple CMP archive files of limited size.

The Packager starts to create a new CMP archive file when the predefined file size or number of files is reached.

Default value for the maximum archive file size: 1 GB.

Default value for the maximum number of files contained in the archive file: 5000.

You can set other maximum values in the following registry key:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\ComputerAssociates\SxpPackager\Automatic

Create or change the values for the entries CmpArchiveMaxSize and CmpArchiveMaxFiles (of type REG_DWORD). The value of CmpArchiveMaxSize is the maximum size in bytes when the Packager creates a new CMP archive file; the value of CmpArchiveMaxFiles is the maximum number of files when the Packager creates a new CMP archive file.

The file names of the CMP files created by the Packager are enhanced with a sequence number, for example, files1.cmp, files2.cmp, and so on. These file names are added to the CmpArchives section of the files.sxp or ufiles.sxp, respectively.