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Subject: Re: bzip2split
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> % Obviously, 'split' won't work for 2 reasons:
>
>  % Each chunk won't have the BZIP2 header

what a problem?

when unpacking you do

cat <allfiles>|bunzip2



>
>  % 'split' will cut the file inside a bzip2 "block", rendering the
>  first/last blocks of each file unreadable.
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