[NTLUG:Discuss] TAR and 4 gigabyte AVI file

[Lenrek Xunil]

>
> Sorry Michael, that option is not always available.
> The "First thing to do" is to learn how to deal with such nastiness
> especially if one has to deal with Windoze (l)users.  :-)


I'm going to have to agree.  You really shouldn't be renaming someone else's
files.

Lenrek's tar command above needs fixing in a couple of ways:
>
> 1) tar cfvz --exclude-from="SUMMER '03 Day 4.avi" SUMMER '03 Day 4.avi
>
>   Should be more like
>
>    tar cfvz --exclude-from="SUMMER '03 Day 4.avi" somefilename.tar "SUMMER
> '03 Day 4.avi"


ooops.... my brain wasn't working when I wrote that... the actual command I
tried was

tar cfvz --exclude-from="SUMMER '03 Day 4.avi" joes_hd.tar.gz mount_point/

Also, as for the other comment, I'm no longer married.  But it's funny you
mention, because I have suspicions that my business partner has
hypnotized<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ross_Jeffries>my girlfriend.

I'm off to download Knoppixxx.... I had started yesterday but had to
discontinue to do something else...