Jack Coats <[email protected]> writes: > Why split it? It depends on how big big is. Even compressed by gzip > -9 if the file is 'too large', splitting it in half (or more parts) > to get the size of each compressed portion below the threshold of > data transfer 'pain' can make it possible to transfer large files > over 'limited' links or with 'limited size media'. I first ran into > split back when using 128K floppy diskettes to move files. The > concept is still the same, just the definition of 'large' has > changed.
To fit something of a given size into multiple bins smaller than that splitting makes sense. I'm not seeing the value for network transfers unless a continue/resume feature or rsync is not available. It's more work and clumsy. Btw. there's an interview with curl's author on changelog.com: http://fdlyr.co/d/changelog/cdn.5by5.tv/audio/broadcasts/changelog/2015/changelog-153.mp3 17 years and 13k hours mainting curl! -- Mike Small [email protected] _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
