On Friday 09 March 2007, Mike McCarty wrote: >Cameron Simpson wrote: >> Maybe: >> >> tar Af tarfile more-files... > >First one needs tar cf... >Apparently tar Af does not work unless the tar file already >exists. > >> Seems like it should do the trick. It should be efficient if the >> tarfile is not compressed. But I'm saying this on the basis of the >> info file for GNU tar, and I'm presuming that "A" is more efficient >> than "r", though the info file is... vague... about this (to be >> charitable). > >Yes, indeed. > >Well, I tried it, and it's taking longer and l.o.n.g.e.r and >l..o..n..g..e..r for each new diretory. It just timed /usr/src >and it took over 2 minutes to back up 48 kilobytes. It's copying >and copying or seeking and seeking or sth. > >Mike Did you perchance put tars output file IN the directory its backing up. That's a recursive situation that will only die when you kill it, or the drive is full. The latter generally isn't pretty. -- Cheers, Gene "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) Photographing a volcano is just about the most miserable thing you can do. -- Robert B. Goodman [Who has clearly never tried to use a PDP-10. Ed.]
