Re: File archiving questions

[Tighe Schlottog <emry@icephyre.net>]

how big of files are we talking here or are the sizes in such variance
that it doesn't matter?

> You could write a shell script using "du" to get the list of files you
> want to copy.  Psuedocode would be something like:
>
> du -k
>
> Parse each file entry and stick it into an array of file names.
> Also grab its size and stick that into a size var.
>
> If an entry pushes the total size over 650MBs, drop the last file from
> the array, and from the  size calculation, and go on to the copy
> operation.
>
> When it reaches 650MBs (650000KB)(or as close as possible based on the
> above logic), stop, and do a copy to a specified dir, based on the entries
> collected from "du -k".
>
> perl may be better for this than a shell script.
>
> Koree
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> On Wed, 17 Apr 2002, Stephen D Reindl wrote:
>
> > Oh you said not in a tarball. Upon further review.....nevermind!
> >
> > Steve
> >
> > On Sunday 14 April 2002 09:32 am, you wrote:
> > > Hello!  Here's my situation:
> > >
> > > I have a directory, called "a", that has 15,500 files in it.  The total
> > > bytes stored in the directory (as computed by executing command "du -sk a"
> > > ) is 2.4GB.
> > >
> > > I wish to store these files on CD-ROM's.  I want them stored as "files" on
> > > the CD-ROM's.  (i.e., not in a .tar or .zip or whatever).
> > >
> > > So... I figure I have to:
> > >   1. Create a directory called "b".
> > >   2. Copy about 650MB from "a" to "b".
> > >   3. Create a .iso file by typing:
> > >      mkisofs -o fred.iso -v -J -r b/
> > >   4. Burn a cd by typing:
> > >      cdrecord -v -eject dev=0,0,0 speed=12 fred.iso
> > >   5. rm fred.iso
> > >   6. rm -f b/*
> > >   7. If there are still files left in "a", go to step #1.
> > >
> > > Easy, huh?  My problem is in step #2, above.  What's an easy way to copy
> > > files from "a" to "b" and have the command STOP after 650MB have been
> > > transferred?  I've been doing it manually, and that's NOT fun!
> > >
> > > Thanks!
> > > Charlie Brune
> > >
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