Big tar file

04-15-2008

HI,

I'd like to extract my Linux backup made by tar using Windows Vista.
Unfortunately the backup is splitted. I can merge the files using the
command:

copy /B test*.tar test.tar

The problem is the size of the total file: >9Gb

Suppose Windows doesn't handle the archive the right way cos of it's size.
Anyone 's got a sollution? Maybe it's possible to pipe the archive through
an extraction program/utility during the merge process?

Bye Don

04-16-2008

"Don" <don-keyAT@xxxxxx> wrote:

	Quote:
	>HI, > >I'd like to extract my Linux backup made by tar using Windows Vista. >Unfortunately the backup is splitted. I can merge the files using the >command: > >copy /B test*.tar test.tar > >The problem is the size of the total file: >9Gb > >Suppose Windows doesn't handle the archive the right way cos of it's size. >Anyone 's got a sollution? Maybe it's possible to pipe the archive through >an extraction program/utility during the merge process? > >Bye Don

This newsgroup is for Windows Live OneCare, so you're actually off topic.
However, see if this utility helps - http://www.freebyte.com/hjsplit/
If the partition you are writing the joined file to is formatted as FAT and not
NTFS, you can't write the file due to the limitation of the FAT file system.
-steve
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04-15-2008	#1 (permalink)
Don Guest n/a posts	Big tar file HI, I'd like to extract my Linux backup made by tar using Windows Vista. Unfortunately the backup is splitted. I can merge the files using the command: copy /B test*.tar test.tar The problem is the size of the total file: >9Gb Suppose Windows doesn't handle the archive the right way cos of it's size. Anyone 's got a sollution? Maybe it's possible to pipe the archive through an extraction program/utility during the merge process? Bye Don
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