In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Stephen A. Witt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >I've got a 12 GB tar file (full of mp3 files) that I split up into 1 GB >segments using 'split'. My intention was to transfer these segments to >another computer and join them together using 'cat'. But it seems that >cat is limited to the 2 GB filesize limit. I've looked all around the net >in an attempt to find a solution to no avail. Can anyone suggest a way of >joining these files together again?
You need a 2.4 kernel, at least glibc 2.2, and an up-to-date distribution (so that programs like 'cat' are compiled against the new library) to work with files > 2GB. So if the 'other computer' is running potato, or another older linux distribution, there is no way to use files > 2GB. Mike. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
