[...] > The unzip package doesn't do disk spanning. > > OTOH, if you can find a way of splitting the .deb into pieces, you can then > easily put it back together again with "cat part1 part2 > xyzzy.deb". (That > is, the first part contains bytes 1-1000000, second 1000001-2000000 etc.)
The command for splitting files in unix is .... split! To split a file into high density floppies, use $ split -b 1423k file part. This will take file `file', and generate parts named `part.aa', `part.ab'. etc. See man split. (by the way, this seems a candidate for a FAQ or tip) HTH, Eric -- E.L. Meijer ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) | tel. office +31 40 2472189 Eindhoven Univ. of Technology | tel. lab. +31 40 2475032 Lab. for Catalysis and Inorg. Chem. (TAK) | tel. fax +31 40 2455054