On 13 May 2002, Mark Belanger wrote: > 2 gig is a linux filesystem limitation - not a tar > limitation. > > You might compress that backup i.e. tar cvfZ > > -Mark > > On Sun, 2002-05-12 at 18:44, David wrote: > > 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.
I assume this 2Gb file size limit is a limitation within the ext2 file system? Does ext3 have this same issue? Which file systems can handle file sizes upwards of 2Gb? Ashley -- Ashley Reynolds [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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