archiver to split backups for ftp upload

[Dale]

you can also use sshfs and not need to split

On Jan 6, 2008 12:45 AM, Sridhar Dhanapalan <sridhar at dhanapalan.com> wrote:
> 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.
>
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