[NBLUG/talk] UNIX System V backup woes

[mlong at mikesoffice.org]

The tar that came with it probably doesn't support large sizes. Install a newer tar. 

Mike

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> On Oct 23, 2015, at 10:21 AM, gandalf at sonic.net wrote:
> 
> You're right, of course it's recursing. I'm a dork and that could be my whole problem. I'll try the compression, but I don't think it's there at all. You can use:
> tar Cvf
> but it looks like a weird old compression routine. I didn't trust it so was just using cvf. I read the whole man page for this tar and it's missing z among many other things like skipping folders and files. At least man works :-)
> 
> 
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>> On 2015-10-23 10:14, Omar Eljumaily wrote:
>> BTW, that command seems dangerously recursive because /backup is inside /
>> Omar
>>> On 10/23/2015 10:08 AM, Omar Eljumaily wrote:
>>> Have you tried using compression?
>>> tar cvzf /backup/backup.tar.gz /
>>>> On 10/23/2015 10:04 AM, gandalf at sonic.net wrote:
>>>> I'm trying to create a backup process for this system and it has an antiquated version of tar. I tried:
>>>> tar cvf /backup/backup.tar /
>>>> but this results in an error because the file is too big (2.14G) for the OS. I probably should just break it down into segments backing up individual directories. I tried some spanning commands, but I think their designed for specific devices and not files. Haven't tried copying the boot sectors yet, hope that is normal.
>>>> I worked on this system before, it's a bit like administering Linux with one hand tied behind your back. Everything is sorta the same, but different and doesn't always work the way you expect.
>>>> Also going to look into scripting WinSCP as it can connect and pull of files for backup to one of the win servers.
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