Jerry James Haumberger wrote: > > As it stands, it's possible to backup to multiple floppy > disks with tar, but these cannot be compressed during the > archival process.
Why not use tar twice: first with -zcf to make a compressed archive and then with --multi-volume to write the archive to floppy. Of course to retrieve it, you will also have to use tar twice: first with --multi-volume to reconstruct the archive and then with -cvf to unpack it. Cheers, Steven - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs
