Travis Crump declaimed: > Roberto Sanchez wrote: > > >This actually worked in that I was able to store the whole file into > >seperate archives. But, when I tried to untar, it failed on the first > >file, saying it encountered an unexpected EOF. > > > >Am I missing something here? or can this simply not be done? > > > >-Roberto Sanchez > > > > Did you pass the same -L <number> option to tar for the untar as you did > for the tar? >
I think the --multi-volume option will do the trick; it worked for me when backing up to a tape library. I also got the 'unexpected EOF' on the first restore attempt, then tried again specifying --multi-volume on restore. Run info tar and look up 'mult...' in the index. You can definitely do this, I'd experiment with a small data set so you can test backup & restore quickly. HTH, PM -- Paul Mackinney [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
