🚀 go-pugleaf

I break my backups apart and just cron to run each one in succesion. I have
a tape drive on one of my machines but this works with the ones I don't.
Adam Carheden wrote in message <37D6FF59.64985969@holly.colostate.edu>...
>I'm trying to do a backup, and since I don't have a tape drive, I'm
>trying to tgz a mounted file system to a local partition with plenty of
>space.  The problem is that tar exits with a file size to large error at
>about 4 GB (or was it 2?).
>
>Anyway, I'm guessing this is a limitation of the ext2fs filesystem,
>right?  Is there another linux filesystem that can hold larger files?
>Anyone know if tar has the option to automagically start a new file at a
>certain size (I know it can stop to change the tape, but can I make it
>start a new file without pausing, i.e. no user interaction?)
>
>TIA
>--
>Adam