On Tue, 4 Mar 2008 13:15:23 +0100
Michelle Konzack <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hello Amit...
>
> Am 2008-03-02 13:50:52, schrieb Amit Uttamchandani:
> > Hey guys,
>
> Grmpf! -- I am not a guy...
>
Sorry bout that ;)
> > I was given a 18GB (yes GB) compressed zip file by a family member,
> > containing all kinds of photos and videos.
>
> I have accidently ziped my ${HOME} and gotten a 37 GByte ZIP file
>
> > The problem now is they cannot unzip it (using Mac OS X Leopard). The
> > unzip tool always exits with an error.
>
> :-)
>
> > Now, I haven't received the zip file yet...still downloading it through
> > scp. So now my question is, can I use the split utility to break these
> > files into smaller pieces and unzip it?
>
> You can use "zipslit" if it has LFS support (files longer then 4 GByte)
>
I will try that out thanks!
> > And also, is there a tool to browse zip files...like how midnight
> > commander is able to browse tar.gz files without decompressing them.
> > From there on, I can just copy the most important files out without
> > having to decompress the entire thing.
>
> I can browser ZIP files like TAR archives without any problems, but as
> with TAR files you must give "mc" enough time to decompress it in
> ${TMPDIR} which should have at least 300% of the size of the ZIP file.
>
Hmm..I will try that. Maybe put the zip file into an external drive and also
point ${TMPDIR} to that external drive. My laptop only has 30G HD!
Thanks again. It looks like there is still hope after all.
Amit
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