On 5 Aug, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Therefore the constraints with my advice to write the tar.gz file > to DVD without an ISO wrap. That would be readable on any Unix.
Yes and No, Since there is no notion of a file length and most of the time I get LOTS of errors and the end of the file when reading from a raw CD. > I'm now testing automated splitting of such files within my own > software (coward's limit: 2047m). That'll need up to 4.7 GB of > disk buffer. I cannot imagine a method to mix on-the-fly file parts > with usual mkisofs input from disk directories. Or to fiddle > disk directories into something like -stream-media-size :( What's the problem? If both parts reside on the same volume (DVD) e.g. as B.tar.gz.1 B.tar.gz.2 cat /dvd/B.tar.gz.1 /dvd/B.tar.gz.2 | tar xzf - If you need to change volumes in between take Shunt <http://www.serice.net/shunt/> -- Helmut Jarausch Lehrstuhl fuer Numerische Mathematik RWTH - Aachen University D 52056 Aachen, Germany -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
