-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 10/10/2007 11:43 AM, Sean Zimmermann wrote: > Hello.
Hi Sean > I frequently work with large tar archives that often need to be split into > smaller pieces. Up until now, I've used tar -m to create multi-part archives. > I > recently read that I can use split to do the same thing. Is there an > advantage > or disadvantage to using split over tar -m? One reason is portability to other Unices. Debian packages the GNU tool chain, which have advanced and enhanced features. IMHO Solaris native tar can't extract multi-part tar archives. But "split" is installed on most derivate. cheers Simon -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFHDLxeEMN/lNE/wrwRAra5AKCJAmfl0J1A92rM0T+nRPyqULhIRACghes0 Zbz8kVeCJM/N9/mBIL2JPdk= =AADE -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
