splitting off directories

[Mike McCarty]

Steve Searle wrote:

[snip]

> |  
> |  tar cf /backups/jenny/backup.jenny.daily.$YEAR.$MONTH.$DAY.tar.bz2 -j \

Using the "-j" option with TAR is much slower than "-z", and gives
not much more compression. Also, use of compressed formats with
backups is slightly controversial. Compressed formats are much less
forgiving of medium errors, a point which should be considered.
I use a compressed format, but it was a decision I made with my
eyes open.

Mike
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