Hi, It looks to me as though the documentation for the -b and -w flags to BackupPC_tarCreate are muddled up. At the moment (version 3.1.0, Fedora 9's latest release) the usage message says:
-b BLOCKS BLOCKS x 512 bytes per record (default 20; same as tar) -w writeBufSz write buffer size (default 1048576 = 1MB) In fact (from my reading of the code), -w specifies the read buffer size (of marginal interest to a user), and -b specifies the write buffer size (which may be critical if you're writing directly to tape). I think these two lines should read: -b BLOCKS write buffer size in 512-byte blocks (default 20; same as tar) -w readBufSz buffer size for reading files (default 1048576 = 1MB) HTH, Michael (p.s. I'm not subscribed to the list, apologies if this is an inappropriate post. BackupPC is a lovely piece of software we really appreciate all your work.) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Register Now for Creativity and Technology (CaT), June 3rd, NYC. CaT is a gathering of tech-side developers & brand creativity professionals. Meet the minds behind Google Creative Lab, Visual Complexity, Processing, & iPhoneDevCamp as they present alongside digital heavyweights like Barbarian Group, R/GA, & Big Spaceship. http://p.sf.net/sfu/creativitycat-com _______________________________________________ BackupPC-devel mailing list BackupPC-devel@lists.sourceforge.net List: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-devel Wiki: http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net Project: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/
