1 Oct
2004
1 Oct
'04
20:00
Hi. I'm trying to backup our lan /home directory (20 boxes, 1 NIS server, all 9.1) to dvd. I can tar and gzip it from 6.4Gb to 4.4Gb. Today. Tomorrow a smaller /home may crush down to greater than the magical 4.7Gb. Is there a way to estimate the final .tar.gz size without having to wait the hours it takes to actually do it? Or WHY. I can't always be there to change media and the lan has to be quiet. Cheers, Steve.