* John Joseph Bachir ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > it seems that on os x, split can only make files as big as 600 megs or > so. here is the command i am using: > > split -b4700m myFile.tar.gz myFile.tar.gz_ ; > > Which should be about DVD sized chunks. But the files come out a > little over 600 megs each.
I'd bet the problem here is the representation of '4700m'; I'm guessing the largest value is 2^32 (4 294 967 296) That would be the same as -b 4096m I think, so I think it has wrapped around and you have 4700-4096=~604M files? I suspect if you split at 2300m you should get something sensible and put two on a disc. Dave -- -----Open up your eyes, open up your mind, open up your code ------- / Dr. David Alan Gilbert | Running GNU/Linux on Alpha,68K| Happy \ \ gro.gilbert @ treblig.org | MIPS,x86,ARM,SPARC,PPC & HPPA | In Hex / \ _________________________|_____ http://www.treblig.org |_______/ _______________________________________________ Bug-coreutils mailing list Bug-coreutils@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-coreutils