you can also use sshfs and not need to split On Jan 6, 2008 12:45 AM, Sridhar Dhanapalan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sun, 6 Jan 2008, "martin fricke" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I want to split a 70GB backup into about 3GB segments so that I can upload > > the entire backup to my web server. I only know of 7-Zip. Is that the best > > option and what are is the best format and compression settings for a > > backup? > > Believe it or not, you already knew the answer. There's a command > called 'split' that does what you need. Here's a quick tutorial: > > http://www.newlinuxuser.com/split-a-large-file-into-several-smaller-files/ > > There's no need for archival/compression programmes :) > > The main question you should be asking, however, is why you need to split the > file in the first place. If you're uploading using a tool like rsync, you > shouldn't need to. > > > -- > "The use of quantity of money as a target has not been a success. I'm not sure > that I would as of today push it as hard as I once did." > - Milton Friedman, Financial Times (UK), June 7, 2003 > > -- > ubuntu-au mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au > >
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