On Tue, 8 Aug 2000, Bayard Coolidge USG ZKO3-3/S20 wrote:
> 'split' is a POSIX command, I believe, and is therefore available on
> POSIX-compliant UNIX systems; we have it on Tru64 UNIX.
Not only that, but split is the essence of simplicity and the Unix
Philosophy. It simply takes a file and splits it up into smaller files. No
headers or other organizational structure. Then you simply use cat, or the
local equivalent, to glue the pieces back together again. You don't get much
more portable then that.
> 'tar' is fairly standard, but I don't know how much GNU has embellished
> it to the point of incompatibility.
GNU tar(1) reads and writes completely standard POSIX tarchives, *unless*
you use the multi-volume mode. There is, AFAIK, no Unix standard for
multi-volume tarchives.
Cheers,
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