Date: Sun, 22 Sep 2019 10:53:18 +1000 From: MJ <mafsys1234@gmail.com> To: Victor Sudakov <vas@mpeks.tomsk.su>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: multi-volume archives Message-ID: <63d66ddf-a3c6-77bc-bfce-befdd2e472a7@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20190921182250.GA15412@admin.sibptus.ru> References: <20190921063003.GA81956@admin.sibptus.ru> <05ca327a-2b01-54fd-016a-ba84584095a7@gmail.com> <20190921182250.GA15412@admin.sibptus.ru>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
On 22/09/2019 4:22 am, Victor Sudakov wrote: > MJ wrote: >>> Which is now the most convenient way to create multi-volume archives? To >>> fit an archive on a FAT32 flash drive, a volume size should not exceed 4g. >>> >>> I have traditionally used "tar | split" to pack, then "cat | tar" to >>> unpack. But split is very slow, and generally this way is clumsy. >>> >>> I don't want to use "zip -s" either, because I think zip does not >>> preserve symlinks, hardlinks, permissions... to cut a long story short, >>> I don't believe in zip as a Unix archiver. >>> >>> Any more ideas? >> >> Hi Victor, >> >> If you don't like zip, what about 7zip? It has volumes which allow you to break it up on the fly into parts > Hmm, maybe 7z in tar mode. It does not preserve permissions in 7-zip mode. Yes, I just looked at the less-than-useless manual page on it. It does state that. (The manual page comes from linux and should probably be replaced with "This page is intentionally blank", given such inanities as: "Do not use "-r" because this flag does not do what you think." but then proceeds to not disclose why! LOL). So, it seems you're trapped with using tar|split. Cheers, Mark
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?63d66ddf-a3c6-77bc-bfce-befdd2e472a7>