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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!paladin.american.edu!zombie.ncsc.mil!news.mathworks.com!nntp.primenet.com!news.primenet.com!zeek From: zeek@primenet.com (John Reynolds) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: tar on floppy Date: 1 Aug 1996 20:09:02 -0700 Organization: Four Guys' Plumbing -- South Chandler Lines: 28 Message-ID: <4trrge$hjd@nnrp1.news.primenet.com> References: <320057E5.22C5@bmgsk.ada.at> Reply-To: zeek@primenet.com X-Posted-By: ip-20-208.phx.primenet.com X-Newsreader: slrn (0.8.8.2 UNIX) On Thu, 01 Aug 1996 09:08:21 +0200, Alexander Hausner <alexander.hausner@bmgsk.ada.at> wrote: > Hello Folks! > > I use tar cvf /dev/fd0 <dirname> to backup a directory on a 1.44 MB > floppy, but it does not put 1.44 MB on disk, only about 1/4 or so. > > How can I put 1.44MB on floppy? I have a shell script that backs up my /etc /root and my own dotfiles on a nightly basis to floppy. In order for tar to not complain this is what I had to do: tar --block-compress -z -c -f /dev/fd0 -b 36 <files ...> the -b 36 and --block-compress seem to be the magic words ... hope this helps. -Jr -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= John Reynolds Four Guys' Plumbing -- South Chandler -- M.o.S.T.W. jreynold@sedona.intel.com Computing Enhancement Division, Intel Corporation zeek@primenet.com My opinions are mine, not Intel's http://www.primenet.com/~zeek/ Running FreeBSD and loving it! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=