Re: problems with tar for backup (maximum tar file size?)

2008-08-26 Thread Mike McCarty
Jimmy Wu wrote: [...] So I was wondering: (1) Is it true that tar files can't be bigger than 8GB, and (2) If so, what should I use to backup directories bigger than 8GB? I wanted to stick with tar because I can open those on other platforms. If directory size isn't the problem, then what

Re: problems with tar for backup (maximum tar file size?)

2008-08-26 Thread Jimmy Wu
On Tue, Aug 26, 2008 at 12:20, Mike McCarty [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Jimmy Wu wrote: [...] So I was wondering: (1) Is it true that tar files can't be bigger than 8GB, and (2) If so, what should I use to backup directories bigger than 8GB? I wanted to stick with tar because I can open those

Re: problems with tar for backup (maximum tar file size?)

2008-05-30 Thread Wackojacko
Jimmy Wu wrote: I haven't been backing up any of my stuff, and yesterday I decided to start doing that I want to use tar with bz2, and I wrote this little script to hopefully automate this process (attached) The script works, but tar doesn't. The logs show no errors until somewhere near the

Re: problems with tar for backup (maximum tar file size?)

2008-05-30 Thread Douglas A. Tutty
On Thu, May 29, 2008 at 10:46:10PM -0400, Jimmy Wu wrote: I haven't been backing up any of my stuff, and yesterday I decided to start doing that I want to use tar with bz2, and I wrote this little script to hopefully automate this process (attached) The script works, but tar doesn't. The

problems with tar for backup (maximum tar file size?)

2008-05-29 Thread Jimmy Wu
I haven't been backing up any of my stuff, and yesterday I decided to start doing that I want to use tar with bz2, and I wrote this little script to hopefully automate this process (attached) The script works, but tar doesn't. The logs show no errors until somewhere near the end, when it says