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From: ichi@ihug.co.nz
To: dashielljt <dashielljt@gmpexpress.net>
Cc: linux-newbie@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: tar for "full" floppy backup?
Date: Mon, 09 Dec 2002 18:11:15 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <3DF4DCC3.95931C1@ihug.co.nz> (raw)
In-Reply-To: Pine.LNX.4.50.0212081603350.2573-100000@athame.gmpexpress.net

dashielljt wrote:
> 
> I've never tried this and have never heard of 
> any success with this idea either.  

I do not see the problem.  It is easy to create a 
compressed archive file (let's call it backup.tgz).  
Tar happily tars a single file, so why can't it
tar backup.tgz (multi-volume)?

Cheers,
Steven

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  reply	other threads:[~2002-12-09 18:11 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 38+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2002-12-08 18:38 tar for "full" floppy backup? Jerry James Haumberger
2002-12-09  8:10 ` ichi
2002-12-08 21:07   ` dashielljt
2002-12-09 18:11     ` ichi [this message]
2002-12-09 10:16       ` dashielljt
2002-12-09 12:38       ` Mr. James W. Laferriere
2003-01-04 17:50   ` pcmcia-cs quit working Chuck Gelm
2003-01-05 16:46   ` string manipulating? Chuck Gelm
2003-01-05 17:01     ` Jim Reimer
2003-01-05 17:42       ` Chuck Gelm
2003-01-05 17:56         ` Jim Reimer
2003-01-05 17:20     ` Brian Jackson
2003-01-05 17:23       ` Brian Jackson
2003-01-06  0:50         ` Chuck Gelm
2003-01-06  1:22           ` Brian Jackson
     [not found]           ` <3E19A91A.7EEB7666@wa5rrh.org>
2003-01-06 22:09             ` Chuck Gelm
2003-01-06 23:06               ` Brian Jackson
2003-02-19 22:56   ` PC speaker 'alert' Chuck Gelm
2003-02-20  2:33     ` whitnl73
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2002-12-09  7:00 tar for "full" floppy backup? Jerry James Haumberger
2002-12-09 10:32 ` dashielljt
2002-12-07 16:58 Mr. James W. Laferriere
2002-12-08  8:41 ` ichi
2002-12-07 20:03   ` Chuck Gelm
2002-12-08  2:10     ` whitnl73
2002-12-07  9:24 Jerry James Haumberger
2002-12-07 18:34 ` Chuck Gelm
2002-12-07 20:08 ` Rolf Edlund
2002-12-08 16:05   ` Ray Olszewski
2002-12-09  7:32     ` ichi
2002-12-11 18:12     ` Rolf Edlund
2002-12-08  8:36 ` ichi
2002-12-06 21:47 Jerry James Haumberger
2002-12-06 22:25 ` dashielljt
2002-12-06 22:26 ` dashielljt
2002-12-06 23:35   ` Chuck Gelm
2002-12-07  0:10     ` Ray Olszewski
2002-12-07  0:53     ` dashielljt

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