Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2012 09:08:20 -0600 From: Mike Kelly <mdkelly@ualr.edu> To: _ <pancakeking79@gmail.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: corrupted tar.gz archive - I lost my backups :)/:( Message-ID: <CAPXzq_d4ae057QcmNf60FiQ6ebAt5NJ_DW8omGzf-mry2YamEw@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <CAKnE0Ztzy2Wk0Cq5VyNYLfyiceXOyJPW4z9-bcxnAm1%2BsD86qw@mail.gmail.com> References: <CAKnE0ZvaPK=uF7Lg2NepVsHbnDLQhedpVddVMg4vkFBfm%2B4%2Bsw@mail.gmail.com> <CAKOHg=MYuajQPogdu8nHnJE1D%2BmN6tWs%2BRMacXXwhNeY3PrjMA@mail.gmail.com> <CAKnE0Ztzy2Wk0Cq5VyNYLfyiceXOyJPW4z9-bcxnAm1%2BsD86qw@mail.gmail.com>
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> > I don't have the script anymore. It is among the files lost, but it was > pretty > much straight forward, making use of: > tar -czf backupfile.tar.gz folders/ of/ my/ choice/. > > After creating the backups I just cp(1)ed them to an msdosfs formated > usb stick and got them onto 8.2 this way, so the famous ascii/binary > trap shouldn't be > an issue here. > > Just a thought... how large were the tar.gz files? Are you maybe hitting on a file size limit and the .tar.gz files are getting truncated? Not sure what the limit is for msdosfs. -- Mike Kelly
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