Date: Sun, 21 Apr 2002 19:26:47 -0400 From: Mark Filipak <filipak@earthlink.net> To: Ken McGlothlen <mcglk@artlogix.com> Cc: freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Mark asks: Easy way to copy CD-ROM > MS-floppy? Message-ID: <3CC34AB7.D389E49B@earthlink.net> References: <3CC0CAE5.A8A56319@earthlink.net> <877kn1ptad.fsf@ralf.artlogix.com> <3CC26E9E.1F131018@earthlink.net> <87u1q4rfw0.fsf@ralf.artlogix.com> <3CC3349F.477E899F@earthlink.net> <87it6ku27b.fsf@ralf.artlogix.com>
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Hi All.
-- top-post --
I just got back from UNIX-land. Your reply was too late, but I saw what
happened and after doing this:
# rm ???
I did this:
# split -b 1457664 s_apache.tar.gz s_apache.tar.gz.
It worked perfectly (see, newbies are adaptable). Files fit perfectly on
msdos floppies. Then I switched systems (shutdown, unplug this, replug
that, boot other computer) and stitched the files together and extracted
into Win98SE. And, yes to that doubter, Windows Commander can't be beat. I
could write a lot more but I'd be peeing into the wind here. As an old cli
man I can assure you that Win is much more productive for everyday,
non-computer (read: real) work. Anyone who thinks a cli system is as
productive is simply kidding themselves. <gasp... heresy!>
One small example: double-click <...name_here...>.cue (by file
association, this launches EAC with the cue sheet loaded), and then click
"Make CDR" (this burns a CDR with the files named in the cue sheet with
CD-text -- track titles, etc.), then, work on something else while the CDR
is being made -- and I didn't have to touch the keyboard. Just
"click-click", then "click". **NO** cli system can be *that* efficient.
Ciao all -- Mark (installing 4.5 now)
Ken McGlothlen wrote:
>
> Mark Filipak <filipak@earthlink.net> writes:
>
> | > I do!
> | > # split -b 1474560 s_apache.tar.gz s_apache.tar.gz.
> |
> | Giorgos Keramidas kindly wrote:
> | > # split -b 1400k s_apache.tar.gz
> |
> | Hmmm... would that be 1,400,000 bytes or 1,433,600 bytes? -- How does FBSD
> | do the math? No matter... (read on before jumpping on the 'reply' button)
> |
> | Perhaps Giorgos and Ken can fight this out between themselves and give me
> | a consistent way to do this. Ken's suggestion seems a little redundant
> | regarding arguments.
>
> Not at all, though it could easily be seen as so. Remember that Unix often
> provides more than one way to do things (with apologies to Perl hackers), often
> of equal relevance.
>
> First off, for what it's worth, I took the "1474560" from the dd output you
> provided; that's exactly 1440 KiB. Giorgos took a more conservative approach,
> and provided a 1400 KiB output (or, if you like, 1433600 bytes). Either one
> will work; mine *might* save you a floppy, but that's not guaranteed. But you
> could have used "-b 1440k" instead of "-b 1474560" for an equivalent result.
>
> As far as the "redundant" argument, you should know that this:
>
> split -b 1440k s_apache.tar.gz
>
> will result in a number of files named
>
> xaa
> xab
> xac
>
> and so on. That "redundant" argument defaults to "x" if you don't supply one;
> by using
>
> split -b 1440k s_apache.tar.gz s_apache.tar.gz.
>
> (and note the period at the end of that last argument) you get
>
> s_apache.tar.gz.aa
> s_apache.tar.gz.ab
> s_apache.tar.gz.ac
>
> and so on. The results are a little more self-evident as a result.
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Last updated: 14 April 2002
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