> I just started using tarsnap, and I was wondering if there exists an > option (or the potential interest in developing an option) to put a cap > on an archive size.
[ ... ] > The closest thing I could find is the --maxbw option; is there a > corresponding option for archive size that I'm not seeing on the > manpage? Hi Rob. I think you are getting --maxbw confused with --maxbw-rate: | --maxbw numbytes | (c mode only) Interrupt archival if more than numbytes bytes of upstream bandwidth is used (see INTERRUPTING ARCHIVAL below for details). | | --maxbw-rate bytespersecond | Limit download and upload bandwidth used to bytespersecond bytes per second. I too found that a bit confusing - To me, bandwidth *is* rate, not data-transferred, but it's not unprecedented - I use another site that uses that terminology too. Incidentally, I *assume* that if you use that option, if you have a regular cron-job, it will transfer the maximum data rach time it runs, so you'll need to spring into action with manual intervention sooner rather than later! Cheers, Jamie
