Re: [SLUG] tar zip split CD-ROM question

From: Bill Ehlert (Ehlerts@SoftHome.net)
Date: Fri May 18 2001 - 16:13:43 EDT

Thanks Ed,

I'll tar tonight and let you know how it works.

Mr. Bill 

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Mr. Bill wrote:

 Is there a way to tar zip a large directory ( 2 GB ) and produce multiple
output
volumes that are 650 MB or less?

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Ed Centanni wrote:

from the tar man pages:

       -L, --tape-length=N
              change tapes after writing N*1024 bytes
       -M, --multi-volume
              create/list/extract multi-volume archive

My guess:  If writing to a file instead of a tape then, when tar prompts
for a new volume, try renaming the output file and creating a new empty
file (touch filename) with the original name.  You'll need two consoles
or xterms -- one to run tar and another to do the file renaming.

Ex.
  mv myfile.tar myfile1.tar
  touch myfile.tar

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