On Thu, Mar 26, 2009 at 01:27:27PM -0400, H.S. wrote: > Well, I split the tar file to smaller chunks of 680M each (using the > split command). > $> split -d -b 680M /tmp/datafile.tar datfile ... > The only problem is that the remote user uses Windows and will need a > method to join them together back to the tar file. In Linux, one would > just cat them together. In Windows, I have searched google and found the > following will work on a command prompt: > copy /b datfile* datafile.tar /b > > where datfilenn are the split files. This was from: > http://elliottback.com/wp/combine-split-files-in-windows/
just be sure that the * expands to the names of the files in the right order! if it's just a few, i'd play it safe and just list 'em in the right order. --Rob* -- /-------------------------------------------------------------\ | "If we couldn't laugh we would all go insane" | | --Jimmy Buffett, | | "Changes in Latitudes, Changes in Attitudes" | \-------------------------------------------------------------/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org