From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Apr 24 20:09:47 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id UAA07419 for questions-outgoing; Wed, 24 Apr 1996 20:09:47 -0700 (PDT) Received: from genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au [129.127.96.120]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with ESMTP id UAA07404 for ; Wed, 24 Apr 1996 20:09:37 -0700 (PDT) Received: from msmith@localhost by genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (8.6.12/8.6.9) id MAA22166; Thu, 25 Apr 1996 12:36:35 +0930 From: Michael Smith Message-Id: <199604250306.MAA22166@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Subject: Re: Archiving To: jeff@stat.uconn.edu (Jeffrey M. Metcalf) Date: Thu, 25 Apr 1996 12:36:35 +0930 (CST) Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: <9604242020.AA20068@ruddles.stat.uconn.edu> from "Jeffrey M. Metcalf" at Apr 24, 96 04:20:05 pm MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Jeffrey M. Metcalf stands accused of saying: > > I was wondering if there is a program available on FreeBSD that can > split a large binary file into smaller pieces which can be reassembled > at a later date. My only backup storage media right now are 1.44MB > floppies and I have a tar-gzipped file that cannot be repacked into > smaller pieces to fit on a floppy. Look at the -M option to tar, and write directly to the floppies. > JM -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control (ph/fax) +61-8-267-3039 [[ ]] Collector of old Unix hardware. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[