Umm, I wasn't aware that there is a size limit with tar. This warning you get, is that when you use the "M" flag, or even when you don't?
If you want to save time, I suggest you use: tar cvfz /mnt/TRASH-BOX/backups/$backup.tar.gz /home ... this will gzip up the tar file. It probably will take up quite a lot more time seeing as your $home's are so big. Try delete useless files like cache, may make a big difference too... rm -Rf /home/*/.mozilla/default/*/Cache (as root) will delete all your Mozilla Cache directories. It may be the Samba file limit, but as I have no undestanding of Samba I can't tell. On Google all I came up with a quick glance is Lone-Tar.. which does have a limit of 2 gigs, but as for Gnu-Tar I'm not sure. Greetings Ralph On Sun, 12 May 2002, David wrote: > I am trying to backup /home with the following simple script: > > #!/bin/sh > backup="home-$(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. > > > TIA > -- Homepage: http://tuxpower.f2g.net/
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