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Originally Posted by Carpetsmoker
tar doesn't compress files, it just archives them.
For compressiong, use an application such as gzip(1), bzip2(1), or p7zip(1).
gzip and bzip2 read from the standard input, not sure about p7zip.
# dump -0au -L /usr | gzip > /mnt/usb/usr.ad0s1f.dump.gz |
Are you sure you're right?
I'm using:
Code:
dump -0Lauf - /usr | bzip2 >/mtn/usb/usr.ad0s1f.dump.bz2
-f - outputs to stdout