Carl Lowenstein wrote: > > Yes. After looking at CFA Johnson's shell script for a while, I sat > down and wrote an AWK script. It's not quite ready for prime time. > It has the following characteristics: given a list of files and > sizes, it reads through the list in sequence from the beginning. The > output is a set of smaller lists, each one filled up not to exceed a > specified maximum size. Each input item is put into the first > available output list in which it fits. > > So the output lists are approximately in the same order as the input. > Sample input and output available on request, or give me a sample of > your file lists and I will try running it through this program.
I wrote a perl program that does the exact same thing. It is a first-fit algorithm. It was designed to fit full dumps onto tapes, so it reads the input of df(1) to perform its task. It works rather well. -john -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-newbie
