[plug] Backup + 2 gig file limit = error

[Simon Scott]

	Well done

	Again, my faith in the utility and flexibility of linux is well
founded

	And Russel, the reason Kim uses bzip2 rather than gzip is simply
because it compresses better.





	To backup:

	tar cf - directory | bzip2 | split --bytes=2000m -
/pathtobackupstorage/directory.tar.bz2.

	To restore:

	cat /pathtobackupstorage/directory.tar.bz2.* | bunzip2 | tar xf -

	Cheers

	Kim

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