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Date:      Sun, 22 Sep 2019 11:26:53 +0700
From:      Victor Sudakov <vas@mpeks.tomsk.su>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: multi-volume archives
Message-ID:  <20190922042653.GB38319@admin.sibptus.ru>
In-Reply-To: <20190921195407.256410cee20741ef86f2c1e0@sohara.org>
References:  <20190921063003.GA81956@admin.sibptus.ru> <20190921093801.4638945715fe79eb6a99b36f@sohara.org> <20190921182558.GB15412@admin.sibptus.ru> <20190921195407.256410cee20741ef86f2c1e0@sohara.org>

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Steve O'Hara-Smith wrote:

[dd]

> > However, this understanding of multiple volumes is not convenient for
> > writing to a formatted flash drive.
>=20
> 	You can use -L <size> and perhaps the --new-volume-script option=20

Only if the --new-volume-script can change the archive name.

> and a script to make it convenient for most purposes, but the default
> prompt for a new volume approach should work fine - when you get the
> prompt unmount the drive and mount another one in the same place hit
> return and away you go.

No, the drive should remain the same, no need for another :-) It just
does not handle files over 4G, but it can accommodate lots of such
files.

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Victor Sudakov,  VAS4-RIPE, VAS47-RIPN
2:5005/49@fidonet http://vas.tomsk.ru/

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