Split to multiple files

[brommeltje]

Is it possible to split the file up to multiple smaller tgz files. My cloud storage tool has some problems with +1gb files.

[itzg]

That will be dependent on what restic, rclone, and/or tar can support. Any chance you can research output file splitting provided by any of those?

[brommeltje]

The thing i could find:
You can pipe tar to the split command:
tar cvzf - dir/ | split --bytes=700MB - sda1.backup.tar.gz.
or
tar cvzf - dir/ | split -b 700m - sda1.backup.tar.gz.

restic, rclone i'm afraid i know even less about.

[itzg]

That seems like a good approach and would fine to be supported for tar backup method only.

Want to make the code change 😀? If not, I can queue it up to work on.

[brommeltje]

I'll gladly leave it up to you.