> Troy Campano wrote: > > >How big can a TAR file get? > >I have over 6GB of data I want to back up remotely and want to tar/gzip > >it up first. Can tar handle this? > > > >I'm running FC2 Intel P4. > > > > > >thank you! > > > >~ Troy Campano ~ > > > > > As far as I know, tar files can be as big as the filesystem can handle.... > Maybe you can do a test , just to be 100% certain... > > -- If you want to do this remotely be sure to use NFS3 of NFS4