I am trying to backup /home with the following simple script:   

#!/bin/sh
backup="home-$(date +%m-%d-%y)"
tar -cvMf /mnt/TRASH-BOX/backups/$backup.tar home/


When the tar file reaches 2GB, I get the following output:  

/usr/sbin/backup: line 3: 29016 File size limit exceededtar -cvMf 
/mnt/TRASH-BOX/backups/$backup.tar home/


I went through the man page for tar, but found nothing that sounded promising except 
the -M argument.  That, unless I misinterpreted, was supposed to create a multi-volume 
archive.  With and without -M, I get the same thing, a stoppage at 2GB.  

Does anyone know a way around this?  Or maybe a better way to do my backup?  The mount 
point used is a Samba share.  And /home is about 6.6GB.  


TIA  
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