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28-Jan-2007, 02:05 AM #1
Creating spanned archives
Hi
I would like to create spanned zip archives.
Say if I want to divide a 4 GB file and give it to someone on cds. (He
should be able to open it and assemble it on windows, that's why I
asked spanning.)
Any suggestions will be welcome
Thanks
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28-Jan-2007, 06:12 AM #2
I got the feeling this can be done in dd but I never tried it myself.

In dd you write parts of the file at whatever length you wish and join them together by the copy command in Windows with "+" between the parts.

You may find this thread helpful.

I have never broken up a file this way but have joined up several CD iso to form a DVD iso, all in accordance with the download site instructions.
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29-Jan-2007, 02:53 AM #3
thanks.. much appreciated..
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29-Jan-2007, 09:05 PM #4
I would assume you have Zip, Unzip installed on your Linux machine. If so, you probably have zipsplit installed as well.
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