On Thu, Nov 1, 2012 at 11:21 AM, Keith Roberts <keith at karsites.net> wrote: > >> 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. Just a knee-jerk reaction because I like it so well, but whenever anyone mentions backups I have to recommend backuppc. If you have any other system that can work over the network (perhaps offsite via VPN) and hold copies on-line you might like it. It is the kind of thing that you can set up once and it will take care of itself for years. It can use rsync for the transport so after your initial copy you only need bandwidth for the changes. -- Les Mikesell lesmikesell at gmail.com