On Thu, 10 Jul 2008 17:04:38 -0500, Kent West wrote: >> tar -cvzf - --one-file-system /home | split -b 2000m -
Side note since the problem has been solved. You might want to look into dar, which will do splitting for you automatically, as well as many other desired features for backup (incremental, has catalog for fast search & restore, and many many others...). dar - Disk ARchive: Backup directory tree and files -- Tong (remove underscore(s) to reply) http://xpt.sourceforge.net/techdocs/ http://xpt.sourceforge.net/tools/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]