Date: Fri, 22 Sep 1995 11:39:44 +0930 (CST) From: Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au> To: matt@abraxas.wustl.edu (Matt Massie) Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Tarring to disks Message-ID: <199509220209.LAA26039@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.91.950921103033.21454B-100000@abraxas> from "Matt Massie" at Sep 21, 95 11:38:38 am
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Matt Massie stands accused of saying: > I have a simple question. How can I make backups to 1.44MB disks usings > tar? I would also like to filter the tar file through gzip as well in > order to reduce the number of disks that I use. -L 1440 is the option you want, in conjunction with --block-compress. > Matt Massie Note that I really don't recommend compressing your backups; if you lose one floppy, you've lost everything following it in the backup. -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and [[ ]] realtime instrument control (ph/fax) +61-8-267-3039 [[ ]] My car has "demand start" -Terry Lambert UNIX: live FreeBSD or die! [[
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