[oclug] [OT] Cat

[Rod Giffin]

On Wed, April 13, 2005 15:43, Raj said:
> On Wed, 2005-04-13 at 14:18, Vic Gedris wrote:
>> On Wed, Apr 13, 2005 at 02:15:06PM -0400, Raj wrote:
>> > >
>> > > Bringing it back on-topic:
>> > >
>> > > cat /home/je_oclug/squish > /home/other_oclug_member
>> > >
>> >
>> > cat /home/je_oclug/squish > /home/raj/
>> > cat: write error: No space left on device
>>
>> Perhaps you can only fit part of the cat?
>>
>> cat /home/je_oclug/squish | tail > /home/raj/
>>
>> Or you can use "split" to fit it in multiple homes. :)
>>
>
> i would be wary of doing something like that.. it might kill -9 the
> cat.  tarring and/or gzipping wouldn't work either for the same reason.

Actually, tarring works, except that what you end up with is the same size
as the original, with lots of sticky bits.  I agree with the result of
gzipping though, and you most certainly should not gzip a cat.tar.  It
will most definetly result in a destablized shared environment with any
peers using the same device.

Rod.