archiver to split backups for ftp upload

[Sridhar Dhanapalan]

sshfs doesn't resume file transfers if they break, but rsync does.

P.S. Please don't top-post when all the other posts in the thread have been 
bottom posted. It makes the conversation hard to follow. I'm top-posting here 
merely to follow the change in flow that you have established here.


On Sun, 6 Jan 2008, Dale <quail.linux at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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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