I'm trying to use pax as a tar replacement, because the completed file
runs to 5+ GB -- but I can't seem to get what I want.

Specifically, I get this error: "A file or directory in the path name does
not exist" when pax runs across a symbolic linc to a non-existant file.
Tar and tsm both archive the symlink, while pax complains and does NOT
archive the link.

What option(s) do I need to feed to pax to just get the link archived?
Currently I'm using pax -xXf <path to pax file> <directory to archive>.

What can I use in place of pax or tar for output files larger than 2 GB?

Some of the symlinks pax is complaining about are to file off on a nfs
mount that isn't mounted at the time of the run.

TIA

Tom