Date: Mon, 29 Oct 2001 14:59:13 -0500 (EST) From: Francisco Reyes <lists@natserv.com> To: FreeBSD Questions List <questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Archiving large number of files Message-ID: <20011029145551.N51234-100000@zoraida.natserv.net>
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I have several directories with 20,000+ files which I need to archive. I have been trying tar+Gzip, but the files are too many for tcsh to handle in one pass any suggestions on how to go about this? Tar itself handles the files ok so I have been doing several passes and sending them to a tar file, but it takes several passes. One solution I am contemplating is to use find and to tar update each file to the tar file. Also tried creating a file and having tar read it, but the end result on the tar archive was larger than the files on the directory (although that test was done by one of my co-workers). To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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