hi yeah, i need to have single pieces on the server still...thanks anyway! ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lowell Gilbert" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Gabrio - Team Perfecto" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, December 07, 2004 3:59 PM Subject: Re: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/backups-floppybackups.html
> "Gabrio - Team Perfecto" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > basically i am trying to use something like > > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/backups-floppybackups.html > > - for splitting a bigger archive, (using the -M option) just that i > > want to compress something i have already on the server so that i > > can create several smaller archives that can stay on the server... > > Right. The -M option isn't compatible with compression. I get around > that by making a backup to a staging area on disk, and then using > split(1) to chop it into pieces. If you're keeping it on the server > anyway, there's no reason to break it into pieces. > > I suspect I don't understand quite what you were trying to say; if I'm > too far off, please ask a more specific question. > > > i was trying this script > > http://www.informatik-vollmer.de/software/split-tar which looks good > > but apparently does not work with BSD's tar. > > Just read the script; it is quite clear about needing Gnu tar. > In FreeBSD 5.3, that's available as /usr/bin/gtar, but in the future > you may need to install it as a port. > > > do you have any suggestions? thanks > > I described my approach earlier; for details, see > "http://be-well.ilk.org/~lowell/systuff/";. > _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
