Re: [cobalt-users] tar problem

[Kris Dahl <kris@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

on 12/8/99 11:07 PM, Douglas MacDougall at mac@xxxxxxxxx wrote:

>> Have been doing a tar file backup of my RAQ2 for awhile with no problems,
>> until now. The /home file system has grown to over 2gig of files. There is
>> still almost 5 gig still free but the tar file stops at approx 2.1 gig in
> size.
>> 
>> Is this a limit of tar or a RAQ2 file size limit ?
> 
> 
> I believe Linux has a 2GB file size limit.

You can do multiple volumes with TAR, btw.  Check the man page for tar, or
do a tar -h for syntax.

-k