Hi users, I found the solution (with help from Steve Preston, Kenvin Dalley, Ray Dassen and Jan Wender).
now I use the following: find /home/ftp/pub/debian -size +459976c -noleaf -type f -name '*.deb'| \ xargs -l -i sh -c "dpkg --info {} >/dev/null && dpkg-split -s {} && rm {}" This gives a lot of evil messages about packages not being a debian archive because they are the splitted archives of a previous run and not all splitted archives are exactly 459976 or smaller (unfortunately). I use the dpkg --info command to test whether it is a package. Erick -- Erick [EMAIL PROTECTED] +31-10-4635142 Department of General Surgery (Intensive Care) University Hospital Rotterdam NL