Tzahi Fadida wrote:
> Hi, > I wish to archive a 50mb file into several parts of 5mb files in linux. > I also need to be able to open the files in windows. > For some unknown reason, i can't find a way (other than using a non-free rar) > to do this.
The "canonical" way (although maybe not the most comfortable one) is using dd. dd if=bigfile of=part1 bs=5m count=1 dd if=bigfile of=part2 bs=5m skip=1 count=1 dd if=bigfile of=part3 bs=5m skip=2 count=1 .. To reassemble them on unix, use 'cat part1 part2 part3 ... > bigfile'. To reassemble on windows, use 'copy /b part1+part2+part3... bigfile'. You can also use the 'split' command. The GNU version has an option '-b' for that. "Standard" unix versions do not, and only split by lines. That's why traditionally dd is used. I also have a feeling (did not check) that dd is much faster. -- Didi
