Date: Tue, 7 Dec 2004 19:46:44 +0100 From: "Gabrio - Team Perfecto" <gabrio@teamperfecto.com> To: <questions@FreeBSD.org> Subject: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/backups-floppybackups.html Message-ID: <005901c4dc8e$3ea64f90$dcaa3452@tpworkstation> References: <375401c4dbad$4cf7cd30$dcaa3452@tpworkstation> <44sm6inoh9.fsf@be-well.ilk.org>
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hi yeah, i need to have single pieces on the server still...thanks anyway! ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lowell Gilbert" <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org> To: "Gabrio - Team Perfecto" <gabrio@teamperfecto.com> Cc: <questions@FreeBSD.org> 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" <gabrio@teamperfecto.com> 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/". >
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