>> This has gotta be a FAQ, but I can't find it. What utilities are
>> out there that can write a single tgz file that is bigger than
>> a floppy to multiple floppies ? I need to move a 1.5 meg binary
>> from one machine to another and sneaker net is my only option.
>
> man split
>
>On the other side, once both parts are copied,
>(taking into consideration file names are a1 and a2):
>
> cat a2 >> a1
If you're running the GNU version of tar (almost certain if
you're running Linux) then all you have to say is "tar --help"
to see output that includes the following:
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.
.
.
Device selection and switching:
-f, --file=[HOSTNAME:]FILE use archive file or device FILE on HOSTNAME
--force-local archive file is local even if has a colon
--rsh-command=COMMAND use remote COMMAND instead of rsh
-[0-7][lmh] specify drive and density
-M, --multi-volume create/list/extract multi-volume archive
-L, --tape-length=NUM change tape after writing NUM x 1024 bytes
-F, --info-script=FILE run script at end of each tape (implies -M)
--new-volume-script=FILE same as -F FILE
.
.
.
.
...and since tar neither knows nor cares that a floppy isn't a
tape, the comand line would probably look something like:
tar -c -v -z -L 1440 -M -f /dev/fd0 fileHierarchyToBeArchived [etc, etc]
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