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Re: How do I 'tar' a huge file?



On Fri, 2003-03-21 at 20:22, Roberto Sanchez wrote:
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> Am I missing something here? or can this simply not be done?

I dont know much about this stuff but try copying the file instead of
renaming it. tar might hold a pointer to the file which would work even
after it was moved.

Just a thought.


HTH,


Shri


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