[NTLUG:Discuss] TAR and 4 gigabyte AVI file

[. Daniel]

Is your hard drive formatted FAT32 by chance?  Don't do that.  Can't handle 
those larger files.  But if you must, try archiving using RAR.  It will 
stream the archiving process and break the files into segments of any size 
you select.  (1 or 2 GB chunks is a good typical size)


>I'm trying to archive someone's docs from his hard drive to mine using 
"tar
>cfvz file_archive.tar.gz mount_point/" using SuSe 9.
>
>Problem is, when it gets to an AVI file that is 3727288k, it errors out.  
I
>tried copying the files instead, and it says the file is too large.  Too
>many annoying things.  First of all, using the avi format.  Second, naming
>the file "SUMMER '03 Day 4.avi" with the mixed case, the blanks, and the
>apostrophe.  Grrrrrr.  Then having a 4 gig file.  USERS!!!!
>
>I also tried "tar cfvz --exclude-from="SUMMER '03 Day 4.avi" SUMMER '03 
Day
>4.avi" to exclude that directory but my syntax is not quite right.  Any
>suggestions?  Thanks in advance for your help.
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