archiver to split backups for ftp upload

[Sridhar Dhanapalan]

On Sun, 6 Jan 2008, "martin fricke" <camelgrass at gmail.com> wrote:
> I want to split a 70GB backup into about 3GB segments so that I can upload
> the entire backup to my web server. I only know of 7-Zip. Is that the best
> option and what are is the best format and compression settings for a
> backup?

Believe it or not, you already knew the answer. There's a command 
called 'split' that does what you need. Here's a quick tutorial:

http://www.newlinuxuser.com/split-a-large-file-into-several-smaller-files/

There's no need for archival/compression programmes :)

The main question you should be asking, however, is why you need to split the 
file in the first place. If you're uploading using a tool like rsync, you 
shouldn't need to.


-- 
"The use of quantity of money as a target has not been a success. I'm not sure 
that I would as of today push it as hard as I once did."
	- Milton Friedman, Financial Times (UK), June 7, 2003
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