Date: Mon, 25 Feb 2002 00:09:35 +0200 From: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr> To: Sue Blake <sue@welearn.com.au> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: splitting files for DOS floppies Message-ID: <20020224220934.GK22935@hades.hell.gr> In-Reply-To: <20020224130833.J16874@welearn.com.au> References: <20020224130833.J16874@welearn.com.au>
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On 2002-02-24 13:08, Sue Blake wrote:
> I need to send some large (2-4MB after zipping) binary files on
> floppy disks to a typical home user of MS-DOS in a remote area.
>
> How can I split these files up into smaller chunks to fit
> the floppies, in a way that will allow the user to stick
> them back together under MS-DOS 6.2?
You can use the -b option of split(1) to split in byte-sized chunks. Then,
when you send the files to the MSDOS user, the COPY command can be used
with the /B option to join the parts:
C:\> COPY /B FILE.AA+FILE.BB+FILE.CC FILE.ZIP
This will join (this is what the + is all about) FILE.?? and write the
output to FILE.ZIP. If you want to get funky, you can ship the disks with
a batch file that does exactly that, and is called JOIN.BAT :)
Don't ask me how I know about the /B option of COPY :P
Giorgos Keramidas FreeBSD Documentation Project
keramida@{freebsd.org,ceid.upatras.gr} http://www.FreeBSD.org/docproj/
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