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Originally Posted by ivyking View Post
as for splitting the tar ball, that can be done after it is created, which means it's not feasible since it can't be created in the first place if it's size goes over 4GB.
It can be done on the fly using the -M, -L & -F switches. You'll need to write a script to rename the separate files (it creates every file with the same name, then calls the script before starting the next one). I've not looked into restoration, but I'd assume that the same process in reverse would work fine.
 

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