On Thu, 1 Nov 2012, Les Mikesell wrote: > To: CentOS mailing list <centos at centos.org> > From: Les Mikesell <lesmikesell at gmail.com> > Subject: Re: [CentOS] Multiple incremental DVD backup program? *snip* > Assuming you have space to hold the temp copies, why don't you do > something like: > tar -czf - dir |split --bytes=4G /parth/to/prefix > > Odds are good that a 6GB dir would compress to fit on on DVD anyway. Thanks Les. dar supports slices, and the GUI looks good for it as well. I might not even bother with compressing things, just want backups to write to DVD's away from the computer. Regards, Keith ----------------------------------------------------------- Websites: http://www.karsites.net http://www.php-debuggers.net http://www.raised-from-the-dead.org.uk All email addresses are challenge-response protected with TMDA [http://tmda.net] -----------------------------------------------------------