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Re: calculate tar size
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Andreas Schwab |
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Re: calculate tar size |
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Sat, 06 Jul 2002 19:49:58 +0200 |
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"Raimund Gabriel" <address@hidden> writes:
|> dear tar experts,
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|> within a shell script dealing with backup issues utilising a CD recorder,
|> I am facing the problem to calculate the size of a tar archive in advance
|> of its creation (in order to fit into given CD size limitations).
Why not just use a multi-volume archive? You can tell tar the desired
size, and it will split the archive at appropriate points.
Andreas.
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