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Re: I'm looking for a program that will go through a number of files...

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jules Gilbert wrote:
> Fully decompressed, I have (this is an estimate only!,) about 20-30 TB
> of files, some, .gz, some .bz2, some .tar. some .arj, you get the
> idea.  I think the largest file is, say, around 250GB.

The first step would seem t clearly define the problem.

> I want a program that will rummage through my files, organizing, etc.
> I intend to use the dar program.  That's "D-ar", a French built and
> managed open-source tool built to replace tar but with much greater
> functionality.  I have the source and am attempting to extend it, at
> least for internal use.

The tar utility has been used for backups for many years, if this dar
is better why not ask people who use dar? IOW why would anyone here
know anything about it?

> I've been backing up for years and years and now have thousands
> of ,tar files.  And want help from a program in reorganizing these
> bunches of files.  Does such a program exist??

It's very difficult to imagine any program could read your mind to
determine the changes you want. Your vague description would seem to
call for a simple shell script but I can't imagine why you would think
this is the place to discuss shell scripts or backups.

For the record, why not just apply your secret sauce and shrink all
your stuff down to fit in on a floppy? Your system works right?

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I'm looking for a program that will go through a number of files... jules Gilbert <jules.stocks@gmail.com> - 2012-02-09 01:14 -0800
  Re: I'm looking for a program that will go through a number of files... stan <smoore@exis.net> - 2012-02-09 07:59 -0500
    Re: I'm looking for a program that will go through a number of files... jules Gilbert <jules.stocks@gmail.com> - 2012-02-09 10:08 -0800
  Re: I'm looking for a program that will go through a number of files... Alex Mizrahi <alex.mizrahi@gmail.com> - 2012-02-09 15:54 +0200
    Re: I'm looking for a program that will go through a number of files... jules Gilbert <jules.stocks@gmail.com> - 2012-02-09 10:10 -0800
    Re: I'm looking for a program that will go through a number of files... Thomas Richter <thor@math.tu-berlin.de> - 2012-02-09 20:36 +0100

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