I haven't been backing up any of my stuff, and yesterday I decided to start doing that I want to use tar with bz2, and I wrote this little script to hopefully automate this process (attached) The script works, but tar doesn't. The logs show no errors until somewhere near the end, when it says tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors but no other errors.
I've been searching online, and the only thing I can think of that's wrong is the directory is too big. From what I read, the way tar works, the tar archive can't be bigger than 8GB. My home directory is about that much, maybe a little more. The largest file I have is a 2+ GB dvd iso. So I was wondering: (1) Is it true that tar files can't be bigger than 8GB, and (2) If so, what should I use to backup directories bigger than 8GB? I wanted to stick with tar because I can open those on other platforms. If directory size isn't the problem, then what could be going on? Thanks! -- Jimmy Wu Registered Linux User #454138 () ascii ribbon campaign - against html e-mail /\ www.asciiribbon.org - against proprietary attachments
backup.sh
Description: Bourne shell script
