> Disk ARchiver command line questions > From: Thufir <hawat.thufir <at> gmail.com> > Subject: Disk ARchiver command line questions > Newsgroups: gmane.linux.redhat.fedora.general > Date: 2007-10-17 09:09:22 GMT > > I've been reading the man pages, but command line stuff isn't my forte :( > > I want to backup some data using DAR (Disk ARchive) and here's what I > have so far:
<Zipped commands and DAR result> > Starting with the least important questions and increasing in > significance: > > 1.) How can I change the command so the .dar files are named backup. > [n].dar instead of thufir.[n].dar? Add "-c backup" > 2.) As it stands, it's going to take 862 slices to backup this data > without compression? I asked for slices of 690M, why is it only showing > as 106M for this particular slice? Not sure, am guessing it's not going through the directory tree. > 3.) Do I just burn thufir.1.dar to disc (CD-R) as a regular data disc > using, for example, the builti-in nautilus burner? I would suggest writing the *.dar files to disc (CD-R) in the same way as how you'd write normal datafiles. Eg. do NOT treat the *.dar files as ISO-images. Strange things can happen this way. > 4.) How do I get DAR to generate the second slice? Not entirely sure, but the following command works for me: dar -m 256 -y -s 690M -D -R /mnt/VolGroup00/LogVol00/home/thufir/ -c thufir -Z "*.zip" -Z "*.gz" -Z "*.bz2" -Z "*.mp3" -Z "*.jpg" You would probably want to add "--beep --pause" to it. The "-Z" options are there to tell dar not to bother trying to compress already compressed files. (makes it faster) > I know that these questions are answered in the manual, and I've read the > manual, but they still elude me. The manual has alot of examples, I got it working for me by taking the examples and then editing it to suit my needs, rather then trying to build the command myself. Also, the "--tree-format" option isn't in the man-page of dar on my system. Kind regards, Joost Roeleveld -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
