Date: Thu, 25 Apr 1996 12:36:35 +0930 (CST) From: Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au> To: jeff@stat.uconn.edu (Jeffrey M. Metcalf) Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Archiving Message-ID: <199604250306.MAA22166@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> In-Reply-To: <9604242020.AA20068@ruddles.stat.uconn.edu> from "Jeffrey M. Metcalf" at Apr 24, 96 04:20:05 pm
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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 [[
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