Probably split and cat.
Ron
Rhino wrote:
I don't use Linux a lot but I was curious about this issue and found some
online man pages that described 'split' and it definitely looks like the
command to use to slice and dice a file into smaller pieces.
Unfortunately, they don't identify the command that merges the smaller files
together again! [I'll spare you my standard rant about glaring deficiencies
in man pages].
However, the "see also" section of the man page for 'split' says that the
full documentation is maintained as a Texinfo manual and that 'info split'
should give you more. Maybe it even tells you what command 'unsplits' the
smaller files back into a single larger file.
I had a look at some of the other commands that were listed for Linux and
saw both a 'merge' and a 'join' which looked promising but the articles made
it clear that they were no going to put the split files back together again.
There are roughly a gazillion different linux commands in this list and I
don't have time to read all the articles to see which one is the right
command so I'll leave you to find that on your own :-)
Rhino
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bill Rich" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "'Ant Users List'" <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, October 19, 2005 11:42 AM
Subject: RE: Size of zip file
No "cat" was not one of the utils I remember for this job. All they did
was
divide a zip file into parts as close to the specified max as possible and
put them back together. IIRC the individual parts were not usable on their
own. It was merely a way to package the file so it would fit on removeable
media. I think there was also an index file written that listed the files
that had been made so the merge file could put them back together. I am
pretty sure it was intended for use with archive/backup files only, but, I
could be wrong.
Bill
-----Original Message-----
From: Gisbert Amm [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, October 18, 2005 11:59 PM
To: Ant Users List
Subject: Re: Size of zip file
Bill Rich wrote:
Many years ago (when floppies and sneaker net were the tranport method
of
choice) there were two Unix utilities available to split a zip file
into parts and merge the parts back to a single zip file. I don't
remember who supplied them or if they are even still available.
Do you probably mean "split" and "cat"?
Regards,
Gisbert Amm
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