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From: peter@taronga.com (Peter da Silva)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd
Subject: Re: TAR to multiple floppies
Message-ID: <V7VG9K7@taronga.com>
Date: 28 Jun 92 14:29:38 GMT
References: <memo.494376@cix.compulink.co.uk>
Organization: Taronga Park BBS
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In article <memo.494376@cix.compulink.co.uk> jmessenger@cix.compulink.co.uk writes:
>Versions of tar that I have seen don't support multiple floppies.
>But check GNU tar because it has added features and might do this.
>There is an incompatible utility called bar which is just like tar
>but supports multiple volumes. Perhaps you already have this?
Another possibility is to write a wrapper for tar/cpio/whatever that
chops the job up into appropriately-sized chunks. I have one for CPIO
I'll be posting after I finish using it to back up my system: I want to
make it a bit more general first.
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