On Fri, Nov 29, 2002 at 03:02:23PM +0100, Wolfgang Bornath wrote: > IMHO it may be a lack of available space in /tmp which makes the > tar-process stop at 2G.
It's a kernel/file system limit. Move the data in smaller chunks (ie. more than one file). I presume that the other option (using no intermediate filesystem storage) tar cf - . | rsh nt-machine tar xf - doesn't work when one of the machines is ruining windoze. -- T. Our three main weapons are Sarcasm, Ignorance, and Denial.
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