your backup utility
JD Runyan
Jason.Runyan at nitckc.usda.gov
Thu Jan 3 21:44:52 CST 2002
On Thu, Jan , at 12:14:05PM -0800, jose sanchez wrote:
> Matt:
>
> I have to try that. Now I have another problem with
> the tar command which I will CC the list:
> Does tar/gzip has a file size limitation? I can only
> tar -czf up to 2.0GB. I am trying to backup our NT
> server which has a little over 6.0GB of data. When I
> run the script with crontab it sends me an email
> saying:
>
> gzip: stdout: File too large
>
> What can be done to get around this. Is there another
> flag I need?
>
You must use a filesystem that supports large files, e.g. files larger
than 2GB.
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JD Runyan
"You can't milk a point."
David M. Kuehn, Ph.D.
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