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On Mon, 11 Dec 2000, Jack Coats wrote: > I believe GNUTAR (even using gzip for compression) will break it's > archives up into slices of arbitrary size, and kick off a script to > 'swap media' at then end of each full slice. Now all you need is > packet writing software for Linux, and it sounds like you are in > business! Not bad, but I would rather not use tar, since it makes it just a little harder to restore an individual file. I suppose it would not be that hard to write my own perl program to parse a recursive ls and break it up myself. > Lacking packet writing software, try writing these slices to /tmp , > make the 'swap media' script do a write of the CD, then erase the > file > from /tmp and do the next. Make sure your script does process the > last piece of the archive. > > And when you get it done, let me know, I want to use it ! :):):) ------------------------------------------------------------------- DDDD David Kramer http://thekramers.net DK KD DKK D Intelligence is knowing how to build a nuclear bomb. DK KD Wisdom is knowing how not to need them. DDDD Shaggy 2 Dope- Insane Clown Posse - Subcription/unsubscription/info requests: send e-mail with "subscribe", "unsubscribe", or "info" on the first line of the message body to discuss-request at blu.org (Subject line is ignored).
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