From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Feb 23 20:59:32 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from phoenix.welearn.com.au (phoenix.welearn.com.au [139.130.44.81]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4F13C37B416 for ; Sat, 23 Feb 2002 20:59:26 -0800 (PST) Received: (from sue@localhost) by phoenix.welearn.com.au (8.11.6/8.11.6) id g1O4xEI25793; Sun, 24 Feb 2002 15:59:14 +1100 (EST) (envelope-from sue) Date: Sun, 24 Feb 2002 15:59:14 +1100 From: Sue Blake To: Server Admin Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: splitting files for DOS floppies Message-ID: <20020224155914.L16874@welearn.com.au> References: <20020224130833.J16874@welearn.com.au> <3.0.5.32.20020223214038.019d2908@mail.sage-one.net> <20020224130833.J16874@welearn.com.au> <3.0.5.32.20020223213933.019d2908@mail.sage-one.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <3.0.5.32.20020223213933.019d2908@mail.sage-one.net>; from admin@sage-one.net on Sat, Feb 23, 2002 at 09:39:33PM -0600 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > 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? > > On Sat, Feb 23, 2002 at 09:39:33PM -0600, Server Admin wrote: > Sue: Take a look at this one. I believe they have a trial and will do > exactly what you want.... > > http://www.kaboom.org.uk/magic/ Thanks, that looks like a good long term solution for (quoting web page) 1) System Requirements. * Windows 95/98/2000/NT * 8MBytes RAM or higher But in our case where it's MS-DOS, Brian T. Schellenberger suggested an alternative. On FreeBSD I use split(1). The splitted file can be reconstructed under DOS with commands like copy/b "my-file.zip.001" "my-file.zip" copy/b "my-file.zip" + "my-file.zip.002" copy/b "my-file.zip" + "my-file.zip.003" and so on... which I can incorporate into a batch file on the floppy disk. Of course the file names will have to be kept to the short 8.3 format for this DOS case. Thanks guys! -- Regards, -*Sue*- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message