From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jun 9 21:53:44 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C2F8E16A41F for ; Thu, 9 Jun 2005 21:53:44 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from freebsd_questions@iahp.org) Received: from 216-55-162-7.dedicated.abac.net (216-55-162-7.dedicated.abac.net [216.55.162.7]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8167A43D1F for ; Thu, 9 Jun 2005 21:53:44 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from freebsd_questions@iahp.org) Received: from 216-55-162-7.dedicated.abac.net (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by 216-55-162-7.dedicated.abac.net (8.12.11/8.12.11) with ESMTP id j59Kt8hD023052; Thu, 9 Jun 2005 13:55:08 -0700 Received: (from root@localhost) by 216-55-162-7.dedicated.abac.net (8.12.11/8.12.11/Submit) id j59Kt8Jg023050; Thu, 9 Jun 2005 13:55:08 -0700 Date: Thu, 9 Jun 2005 13:55:08 -0700 From: freebsd_questions@iahp.org To: cholland@redmoonbroadband.com X-Originating-IP: 64.80.202.67 X-Mailer: Usermin 1.150 Message-Id: <1118350508.23046@216-55-162-7.dedicated.abac.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="bound1118350508" Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Multi-Volume Backup X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 09 Jun 2005 21:53:44 -0000 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --bound1118350508 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit tar zcf name_of_file.tgz I'm trying to do a multi-volume backup to hard drive via gnu tar. It works with the following command: gtar -c -L 681574400 -f /usr/local/backup/dev1.tgz -f /usr/local/backup/dev2.tgz -f /usr/local/backup/dev3.tgz / But I really, really need this compressed. If I put a -z in the command it errors out stating: gtar: Cannot use multi-volume compressed archives gtar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now Is there any way to do a compressed multi-volume backup, with each volume being 650mb to hard drive? Either with gtar or any other backup method. Thanks, Cody _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" --bound1118350508--