From rick Sun Jan 12 16:57:21 2003 Date: Sun, 12 Jan 2003 16:57:21 -0800 To: luv@luv.asn.au Subject: Re: Archive spanning under Linux? Quoting Mathew McBride (matt@mcbridematt.dhs.org): > Does anybody know if archive spanning (i.e splitting a .zip archive > into 1.4mb files suitable for distribution accross multiple floppies) > is possible under Linux, and how Well, one way is to just create a zip/tar file, etc., and then use split(1) on Linux before putting the contents on floppies. Going the other direction, you can use CHOP.EXE[1] for MS-DOS. I keep a copy here: http://linuxmafia.com/pub/ms-dos/ [1] Proprietary MS-DOS binary utility by Walter J. Kennamer, licensed free of charge for non-commercial use only. I'm sure there are others. -- Cheers, "My file system's got no nodes!" Rick Moen "How does it shell?" rick@linuxmafia.com Date: Mon, 13 Jan 2003 13:03:25 +1100 From: George Georgakis Subject: Re: Archive spanning under Linux? To: luv@luv.asn.au On 13/01/03 at 11:36 Mathew McBride wrote: > Does anybody know if archive spanning (i.e splitting a .zip archive > into 1.4mb files suitable for distribution accross multiple floppies) > is possible under Linux, and how There are at least three ways of performing this task, two of which have already been mentioned (zipsplit and split). The "split" utility is native to Linux and preferable if you're sticking with that OS. OTOH, if cross-OS portability with Windows is important then have a look at hjsplit/lxsplit (for Windows and Linux, respectively). Note that (unlike zipsplit) lxsplit is GPLed, a fact which should appease the dogmatic/religious element in the Linux community. There are even Mac and Java versions for further OS compatibility. http://www.freebyte.com/hjsplit/ contains more information. - George Georgakis http://www.tripleg.net.au http://slackpack.tripleg.net.au All mail sent to this address will bounce. If you genuinely wish to contact me, address the message to "george" at this domain.