On 11/8/05, Dave <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Um, I guess I should rephrase my question. > > There are scripts that you specify the size limit of a CD, it will > back all your data but stop at that size limit and create an ISO or > burn straight to a CD, then get more files to put in a new ISO. > Instead I would like the files put in a directory instead of in an > ISO.
That is in fact the way that Chris Johnson's script works. It creates enough directories to hold all the files, distributing the files so as to fill each directory as close to the specified size as it can. < http://www.apress.com/book/download.html > Select "Shell Scripting Recipes" and click <submit>. You will get to a page where you can download a tar.gz file containing all the scripts from the book. Read the script, read the book, ... There are something like 128 scripts, an installation script, and a README file. The bin-pack script is 108 lines long, you can get it for yourself. carl -- carl lowenstein marine physical lab u.c. san diego [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-newbie
