[ltp] Re: Copying Files

[Eben King]

On Mon, 6 Dec 2004, Volker Braun wrote:

> On Mon, 06 Dec 2004 16:44:12 +0000, James Hawtin wrote:
> > tar -cPpSslf - /usr | split -b 2000m - /hog/usr_

> Unless you have an antique file system/OS/utils you do not have to split
> the tar archive. Large file support is standard today, and files under 2
> TB should not make any problems.

I ran into the 2 GB limit using partimage (although I don't think it's at
fault) from the System Rescue CD (0.2.12, from 2004-3-23) just yesterday.

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