From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: ichi@ihug.co.nz Subject: Re: tar for "full" floppy backup? Date: Mon, 09 Dec 2002 08:10:17 +0000 Sender: linux-newbie-owner@vger.kernel.org Message-ID: <3DF44FE9.69FB5E4D@ihug.co.nz> References: <200212081837.LAA15273@cu.imt.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: List-Id: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: Jerry James Haumberger Cc: linux-newbie@vger.kernel.org Jerry James Haumberger wrote: > > As it stands, it's possible to backup to multiple floppy > disks with tar, but these cannot be compressed during the > archival process. Why not use tar twice: first with -zcf to make a compressed archive and then with --multi-volume to write the archive to floppy. Of course to retrieve it, you will also have to use tar twice: first with --multi-volume to reconstruct the archive and then with -cvf to unpack it. Cheers, Steven - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs