--- On Mon, 9/5/11, Richard Shaw <hobbes1069@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > From: Richard Shaw <hobbes1069@xxxxxxxxx> > Subject: Re: script to create dvd sized folders for backup > To: "Community support for Fedora users" <users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Date: Monday, September 5, 2011, 7:57 PM > 2011/9/5 Jorge Fábregas <jorge.fabregas@xxxxxxxxx>: > > On 09/05/2011 09:46 PM, Antonio Olivares wrote: > >> I want to say go to Downloads/ and make several > folders (dvd1, dvd2, dvd3, ..., ) > >> as many as are needed to backup the whole > directory into 4.3 GB dvd > > sized ones > > > > Hi Antonio, > > > > I've used this script in the past called "split-tar" > which I found here: > > > > http://www.informatik-vollmer.de/software/split-tar.php > > > > I used it to create tar files of a certain size (e.g. > 4480 MB for > > DVD+R). What I liked about it was that they're > actual tar files. > > Before that, I used to create a BIG tar file and then > used the split > > command in order to create xaa, xab, xac etc... of a > particular size so > > I can burn them. The problem with that was that, if > I had to restore > > something, I had to restoer ALL of the files so I > could join them > > afterwards (and eventually get my data). If one of the > splitted files > > was broken you can imagine... > > > > With "split-tar" you have individual extractable > archives of the size of > > your choice (albeit an approximation). > > Which reminds me, I forgot to mention that discspan doesn't > do any > compression or tarring so it's good for media that's > already > compressed (music files, videos, etc) and all the files are > burned > directly so they stay individually accessible. > > Also, if you don't want to install it manually I created an > RPM until > I have time to submit it for review to Fedora > > http://dl.dropbox.com/u/34775202/discspan-0.2.2-1.fc15.noarch.rpm > > It's pure python so it doesn't matter what version of > Fedora you're > using. Just run "discspan --help" for a list of options. If > you run it > without any options it goes into interactive mode. > > Richard > -- Thank you Richard. Had tried to run it, but got dbus error messages :( I was not sure to send this, but I believe that without proof it does no good. Here's what I get: [olivares@GHSE213-033561 ~]$ discspan.py --dir=~/Music/ --volume-name=MUSIC --iso-dir=~/tmp/ Using /etc/discspan.ini as config file. You must enter a valid directory. Directory option is not valid. Which directory would you like to backup? (Or Q to quit) ~/Music You must enter a valid directory. Which directory would you like to backup? (Or Q to quit) Music Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/bin/discspan.py", line 383, in <module> iso = Iso(interface, s) File "/usr/bin/discspan.py", line 193, in __init__ self.drive = self.system.wait_for_media() File "/usr/bin/discspan.py", line 125, in wait_for_media drive = self.find_drives() File "/usr/bin/discspan.py", line 76, in find_drives hal_obj = bus.get_object('org.freedesktop.Hal', '/org/freedesktop/Hal/Manager') File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/dbus/bus.py", line 244, in get_object follow_name_owner_changes=follow_name_owner_changes) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/dbus/proxies.py", line 241, in __init__ self._named_service = conn.activate_name_owner(bus_name) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/dbus/bus.py", line 183, in activate_name_owner self.start_service_by_name(bus_name) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/dbus/bus.py", line 281, in start_service_by_name 'su', (bus_name, flags))) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/dbus/connection.py", line 630, in call_blocking message, timeout) dbus.exceptions.DBusException: org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnknown: The name org.freedesktop.Hal was not provided by any .service files [olivares@GHSE213-033561 ~]$ uname -a Linux GHSE213-033561 2.6.40.4-5.fc15.x86_64 #1 SMP Tue Aug 30 14:38:32 UTC 2011 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux Any advice/suggestions/comments are welcome and appreciated. Regards, Antonio -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
