12 May
2003
12 May
'03
21:56
I would like to backup to CD, but the tar.gz files are bigger. How can I split it so that it fits on a CD?
If you have enough disk space to hold the individual 600meg backups before transferring to CD, then something like this work: tar cvf - /home | split -b 600m - /tmp/backup Then to restore: cat /tmp/backup* | tar xvf - HTH Greg -- Greg Freemyer