Date: Sat, 23 Feb 2002 21:40:38 -0600 From: Server Admin <admin@sage-one.net> To: Sue Blake <sue@welearn.com.au>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: splitting files for DOS floppies Message-ID: <3.0.5.32.20020223214038.019d2908@mail.sage-one.net> In-Reply-To: <20020224130833.J16874@welearn.com.au>
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Sorry, hit send too soon... Here's the URL... http://www.kaboom.org.uk/magic/ At 01:08 PM 2.24.2002 +1100, 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? > > >I already tried zipsplit but it said the file within the archive >was too big, so it seems to want to split zip archives only where >it finds the end of a file within. > >Perhaps I could just use split(1) and have the DOS user cat >the parts together, but I have no confidence that that would >work under DOS. Due to the isolation of the user, we can't >afford to make bold guesses. > >-- > >Regards, > -*Sue*- > > > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > .... our website: http://www.sage-one.net/ Best regards, Jack L. Stone Server Admin To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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