Date: Thu, 08 Sep 2005 13:26:18 -0500 From: Robin Smith <rasmith@aristotle.tamu.edu> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: tarring a dump. Problems with a pipe Message-ID: <200509081826.j88IQIPZ086475@aristotle.tamu.edu> In-Reply-To: Message from Parv <parv@pair.com> of "Thu, 08 Sep 2005 14:20:21 EDT." <20050908182021.GA15829@holestein.holy.cow>
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>>>>> "Parv" == Parv <parv@pair.com> writes:
Parv> in message <y78xy78mkq.xy7@mail.opusnet.com>, wrote Gary W.
Parv> Swearingen thusly...
>> Parv <parv@pair.com> writes:
>>
>> > In this context, by "bzip" did you actually meant "bzip2"? >
>> (There is a archivers/bzip port.)
>>
>> No, I presented bzip2-labeled test results and then made
>> statements about archivers/bzip.
Parv> Thanks much for clarifying.
>> But I suppose they're true about "bzip2" too.
Parv> Can't comment (as i have not done any tests comparing bzip
Parv> to bzip2).
Just to return to the original question: to compress a dump, just
run dump with the "-f -" flag and pipe the output through your
favorite compression program (gzip, bzip2, bzip, compress). I
was responding to a question about the use of tar, which would be
pointless here.
Robin Smith
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