[newbie] cut big files into smaller chunks

2002-10-03 Thread Patrik Marxer
Hi, I think this may be a simple command, but I havent found it so far. I want to backup the vmware files on cdr so I need to cut them into pieces that I can burn on cd and later put those together into the original files again. What is the program/command to cut files and put them together?

Re: [newbie] cut big files into smaller chunks

2002-10-03 Thread Patrik Marxer
Hi, I seem to get into the habit of answering my questions myself, so I have to just stop posting them :) One last question nevertheless: is this the right way to split files that are larger than a cdr and to put them together again? (the cat command is listed as text-utility in my book) to

Re: [newbie] cut big files into smaller chunks

2002-10-03 Thread Chris Spackman
Patrik Marxer [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Hi, I think this may be a simple command, but I havent found it so far. I want to backup the vmware files on cdr so I need to cut them into pieces that I can burn on cd and later put those together into the original files again. What is the

Re: [newbie] cut big files into smaller chunks

2002-10-03 Thread Patrik Marxer
Sorry, I just got your mail, I already sent one with just about the same content. But thank you for the confirmation on cat it is therefore right to do it this way. I used cat ... ... instead of cat ... ... but the somehow looks better for appending files. Patrik On Thursday 03