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Splitting a file.
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Aug 15, 2003, 04:13 PM
 
My goal here, is to split a 770mb file into 2 on OS X, put each split onto one cd, then on Windows XP, put the files back together again.

My friend said something about a .rar being able to split a file into pieces, but I cannot find any .rar clients for OS X?

Any help is appreciated,
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Aug 15, 2003, 05:09 PM
 
You should be able to use the 'split' command in the terminal to split the file into chunks and then you can use HJSplit on the Windows machine to re-join the chunks. Use 'man split' or 'info split' to see how to use it (I can't recall right now) or maybe some kind person in the UNIX forum may be able to advise.

I've used this method and can confirm that it works.
     
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Aug 16, 2003, 10:41 AM
 
Why not just go over to http://www.rarlabs.com/download.htm and snag RAR for OS X? It's command line only, but works great.
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