You forget what tar is. It adds everything together, so it compresses far better, than any of it would individually. For example, a gig of text, and maybe a third of binary data, can compress down to about 350 MB. Now, keep in mind the system: does Shellworld admin, want you moving a Gig of data across its connection, when there is a choice to compress it into a few hundred MB? Yes, it is your data, but it is not your system. You still haven't explained what the risk is. Additionally, it is not as if the original data was not still there. On Mon, 27 Sep 2004, Karen Lewellen wrote: > Much of this is music materials and the like which do not compress well when > using those programs as I have tried. > I do not want to chance it. > Call me a chicken if you wish but it is my data. Will the methods suggested > do this, no compression involved? > Karen > > On Mon, 27 Sep 2004, Luke Davis wrote: > >> On Mon, 27 Sep 2004, Karen Lewellen wrote: >> >>> I have no intention of risking a zip of any of these files, nor do i >>> want to >> >> Risking a zip? What does that mean? Where is the risk? Gnu Zip (not PK >> Zip), and Bzip2, are highly stable formats. >> Tar is an archiving method used for decades on unix. In fact, Linux uses >> bzip2 as its kernel format these days. >> >> This exact method is how many of us who backup shellworld user data, do >> it, on a regular basis--tar archived into bzip, or gzip. >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Speakup mailing list >> Speakup at braille.uwo.ca >> http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >
