trying to tar 4GB size files

From: Geof Gibson (geofgibson_at_cox.net)
Date: 11/11/04

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    Hi,
    I'm trying to tar folders down to 4 GB sized tarballs so I can burn
    them to DVDs.
    This is the command I've used:
    tar -cvML 4000000 -f tarball1.tar -f tarball2.tar source_dir/

    When I do this, it only tars a 372K file for traball1.tar then exits
    with an 'Error is not recoverable: exiting now.'

    I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong. Any suggestions?

    geofgibson@cox.net

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