Date: Mon, 22 Nov 2004 17:00:55 -0800 From: Derrick Ryalls <ryallsd@gmail.com> To: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Odd Tar behavior Message-ID: <d5eb95fc041122170046a2b495@mail.gmail.com>
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Greetings list, I just observed some really strange behavior with a tar file in my backup script. Using a command like tar -cf /someplace/www.tar www (when in /usr/local) it produces a 2 Meg file. Under webroot, there are several files that are 500+ meg in size, so this size value is suspect, though it only took a few seconds to create the archive. The weird part comes in when I untar www.tar. Suddenly all files are there in their full sized glory, leading me to believe that I am only saving file pointers or something. Also, it isn't a compression issue as I am not using compression, and the files themselves really aren't very compressable. Whatever the case, how do I use tar to create reliable backups, including large files? Thanks in advance for any pointers on this. -Derrick
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