Martin DiViaio on 10 Nov 2004 04:25:03 -0000


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Re: [PLUG] CD image packer



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On the 9th day of November in the year 2004 you wrote:

> Date: Tue, 9 Nov 2004 17:48:59 -0500
> From: Jeff Abrahamson <jeff@purple.com>
> To: PLUG <plug@lists.phillylinux.org>
> Subject: [PLUG] CD image packer
> 
> I want to dump files onto CD's for backup purposes.  I have more files
> than will fit on a single CD, but I want each CD to stand unto itself
> (in case of loss of some of the others).  Ideally, each CD would
> simply have a fragment of my file system on it or at least a single
> but whole tar archive.
> 
> Does anyone know a tool that does this?  I haven't found one (google,
> freshmeat).
> 

tar(1) has the --tape-length option. . . 


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