http://it.toolbox.com/blogs/locutus/split-files-with-tar-26311
http://magazine.redhat.com/2007/10/24/tips-from-an-rhce-splitting-tar-archives-on-the-fly/
http://magazine.redhat.com/2007/10/24/tips-from-an-rhce-splitting-tar-archives-on-the-fly/
gnu tar
you can use tar to create a multiple volume archive split into 500M (or 1G or 2G) chunks
backup
$ tar cvML 500000 -f xubupart1.tar xubu
tar should should prompt you for the multiple parts
Prepare volume #2 for `xubupart1.tar' and hit return: n xubupart2.tar Prepare volume #2 for `xubupart1.tar' and hit return: Prepare volume #3 for `xubupart2.tar' and hit return: n xubupart3.tar Prepare volume #3 for `xubupart2.tar' and hit return:
restore
For combining the archive again it is almost exactly the same. All we leave out is the size of each section like so.tar -xM -f xubupart.tar
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