The only off-line storage medium I have is DVD. I am trying to back up around 10G of data and if I can achieve a practical solution I will use it more generally.
I am currently considering something along the lines of:
Code:
tar --create --multi-volume --tape-length=nnnn <pathspec>
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or,
Code:
tar --create --multi-volume --tape-length=nnnn --file=<path on udf filesystem> <pathspec>
However, when testing the tar command by creating and then listing (--list) the archive I get the following error:
Code:
tar: Unexpected EOF in archive
tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now
This occurs on all except the last volume and the listing seems to show a full archive with this error at the end.
Any suggestions would be welcomed.
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Um, I think I've fixed it myself. The error report was because I was --list ing the archive without using the --multi-volume option. When that option is used tar asks for the next volume and then continues without the error.
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