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Old 06-09-2005
Backup single large file
Hi

I have a single large file 11gb that I need to copy/backup to tape then restore on another system. I tried tar but that complained about the file being too large

Anyone have any suggestions how I can do this with AIX 5.2

Much appreciated.
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Old 06-09-2005
Have you tried cpio ?
# 3  
Old 06-09-2005
This was helpful for me:
https://www.unix.com/unix-for-dummies-questions-and-answers/15867-dumping-data-compressing.html
# 4  
Old 06-14-2005
In addition to what is in the mentioned thread you could also try the following:

tar -cvf - <yourfile> | gzip -9 <name_of_resultfile>

Unpack it by:

gzip -cd <name_of_resultfile> | tar -xvf -

bakunin
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