I've got about 3 gig's of music files I'd like to back up in preparation for doing a fresh install of 8.2. I read the man page, but came away still confused. My goal was 650mb (CD size) archives, I used this command: nqs@Miverna:~> tar -c -L=614400 *.ogg, *.mp3 music.tar But get: tar: =614400: Invalid tape length Try `tar --help' for more information. and --help didn't What am I doing wrong, and how do I correct it? I don't wish to compress nor split files, just a clan backup of my ~/Music/ directory Joe -- If you're not a little bit uncomfortable with your position, it isn't radical enough. How can you be TOO principled? Take the most extreme position you can -- you're claiming territory you won't have to fight for later, mostly with your "allies". -- L. Neil Smith nqs@cognisurf.com | Blog: http://tigger.tmcom.com/~josad/blogger.html