Date: Thu, 9 Jun 2005 18:28:46 -0700 From: "Michael C. Shultz" <ringworm01@gmail.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Multi-Volume Backup Message-ID: <200506091828.47047.ringworm01@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <0ec101c56d3f$6170d940$4df24243@tsgincorporated.com> References: <4B3EE484EEA4F344BBB62F831648998628DA32@corpsrv.RedMoon.local> <0ec101c56d3f$6170d940$4df24243@tsgincorporated.com>
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On Thursday 09 June 2005 15:05, Micheal Patterson wrote: > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Cody Holland" <cholland@redmoonbroadband.com> > To: <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> > Sent: Thursday, June 09, 2005 4:14 PM > Subject: Multi-Volume Backup > > > 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. > Look at archivers/rar, also archivers/par2cmdline Sample to make the archive rar a -v650000k filenameOfArchive /dirToBeArchived/* -Mike > Thanks, > Cody > _______________________________________________ > > You'll need to use the -M flag as well to indicate a multi-volume tarball. > > >From what I can tell from the man page, a -L doesn't imply multi-volume. > > -- > > Micheal Patterson > Senior Communications Systems Engineer > 405-917-0600 > > Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail message, including any attachments, > is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain > confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, > disclosure or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended > recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all > copies of the original message. > > _______________________________________________ > 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"
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