--- John Summerfield <debian@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Most of the stuff you listed that it won't compress > is already > compressed. I'd throw in rpms, debs, compressed > tarballs, Ooo documents. > > I'd not use the compression. I do use these devices, > I have three, but I > use them for transporting files, and if they're not > alreay compressed, > then creating a tarball directly to the drive works: > mount /dev/sdb2 /media/usbdisk > tar cjf /media/usbdisk/myhome.tar.bz2 ~ > umount /dev/sdb2 > > Adjust to taste. use a GUI if you wish. > > For compatibility with windows, use zip instead. > > > -- > > Cheers > John Thanks for the reply John Just curious if there's an app that can handle it. I'll do like you say and delete the files if I need the space. Thanks George ____________________________________________________________________________________ Looking for last minute shopping deals? Find them fast with Yahoo! Search. http://tools.search.yahoo.com/newsearch/category.php?category=shopping -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list