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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!solace!news.stealth.net!www.nntp.primenet.com!nntp.primenet.com!howland.erols.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!uuneo.neosoft.com!insync!news From: ludwig@DELETE_THIS_PARTinsync.net (Bill Van Pelt) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Spanning floppy disks Date: Tue, 10 Sep 1996 02:44:22 GMT Organization: Insync Internet Services Lines: 21 Message-ID: <3234d588.56443841@news.insync.net> References: <32318825.2535557@news.insync.net> <5116q9$90d@uriah.heep.sax.de> <3234a838.44844395@news.insync.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: dialup-164-78.insync.net X-Newsreader: Forte Agent .99e/16.227 x-no-archive: yes >x-no-archive: yes >> >>tar -M -L1440 <other tar options go here> >> > > :-) Well, it's those other options that are giving me fits. I'd >like to zip the archive and recurse subdirectories. Nevermind I did a work around by first using zip to compress the files and directory structure, then using: tar -M -L1440 -cvf /dev/rfd0 filename.zip to send it to the floppies. Thanks for the help. Bill