Re: [gentoo-user] Use split to break up a 10GB file binary?

2011-06-21 Thread Peter Humphrey
On Tuesday 21 June 2011 16:36:32 Mark Knecht wrote: > Point taken about s/S. I didn't know there was an accepted standard to > use 's'. Come to think of it, it may not apply to you (in which case apologies): it's an SI unit. -- Rgds Peter

Re: [gentoo-user] Use split to break up a 10GB file binary?

2011-06-21 Thread Mark Knecht
On Tue, Jun 21, 2011 at 8:11 AM, Peter Humphrey wrote: > On Tuesday 21 June 2011 01:28:05 Mark Knecht wrote: > >> I get about 8MB/S download but only about 250KB/S upload. > > Should those B's be b's? In other words, bits instead of bytes? Or are you > on something much faster than DSL? In either

Re: [gentoo-user] Use split to break up a 10GB file binary?

2011-06-21 Thread Dale
Peter Humphrey wrote: On Tuesday 21 June 2011 01:28:05 Mark Knecht wrote: I get about 8MB/S download but only about 250KB/S upload. Should those B's be b's? In other words, bits instead of bytes? Or are you on something much faster than DSL? In either case the S's ought to be s's.

Re: [gentoo-user] Use split to break up a 10GB file binary?

2011-06-21 Thread Peter Humphrey
On Tuesday 21 June 2011 01:28:05 Mark Knecht wrote: > I get about 8MB/S download but only about 250KB/S upload. Should those B's be b's? In other words, bits instead of bytes? Or are you on something much faster than DSL? In either case the S's ought to be s's. On ADSL I get about 900KB/s down

Re: [gentoo-user] Use split to break up a 10GB file binary?

2011-06-21 Thread Indi
On Mon, Jun 20, 2011 at 05:28:05PM -0700, Mark Knecht wrote: > On Mon, Jun 20, 2011 at 2:46 PM, Indi wrote: > > On Mon, Jun 20, 2011 at 08:25:57AM -0700, Mark Knecht wrote: > >> Hi, > >>    Is split an appropriate program to use to break a single 10GB file > >> into 100 100MB files to transfer ove

Re: [gentoo-user] Use split to break up a 10GB file binary?

2011-06-20 Thread Mark Knecht
On Mon, Jun 20, 2011 at 2:46 PM, Indi wrote: > On Mon, Jun 20, 2011 at 08:25:57AM -0700, Mark Knecht wrote: >> Hi, >>    Is split an appropriate program to use to break a single 10GB file >> into 100 100MB files to transfer over the net using rsync, and then >> use cat to reassemble? >> >>    Is t

Re: [gentoo-user] Use split to break up a 10GB file binary?

2011-06-20 Thread Mick
On Monday 20 Jun 2011 22:06:59 Mark Knecht wrote: > On Mon, Jun 20, 2011 at 1:51 PM, Walter Dnes wrote: > > On Mon, Jun 20, 2011 at 08:25:57AM -0700, Mark Knecht wrote > > > >> Hi, > >>Is split an appropriate program to use to break a single 10GB file > >> into 100 100MB files to transfer ove

Re: [gentoo-user] Use split to break up a 10GB file binary?

2011-06-20 Thread Indi
On Mon, Jun 20, 2011 at 08:25:57AM -0700, Mark Knecht wrote: > Hi, >Is split an appropriate program to use to break a single 10GB file > into 100 100MB files to transfer over the net using rsync, and then > use cat to reassemble? > >Is there some better way to do this? > Just using rsync

Re: [gentoo-user] Use split to break up a 10GB file binary?

2011-06-20 Thread Mark Knecht
On Mon, Jun 20, 2011 at 1:51 PM, Walter Dnes wrote: > On Mon, Jun 20, 2011 at 08:25:57AM -0700, Mark Knecht wrote >> Hi, >>    Is split an appropriate program to use to break a single 10GB file >> into 100 100MB files to transfer over the net using rsync, and then >> use cat to reassemble? >> >>  

Re: [gentoo-user] Use split to break up a 10GB file binary?

2011-06-20 Thread Walter Dnes
On Mon, Jun 20, 2011 at 08:25:57AM -0700, Mark Knecht wrote > Hi, >Is split an appropriate program to use to break a single 10GB file > into 100 100MB files to transfer over the net using rsync, and then > use cat to reassemble? > >Is there some better way to do this? That's what split

Re: [gentoo-user] Use split to break up a 10GB file binary?

2011-06-20 Thread Mark Knecht
On Mon, Jun 20, 2011 at 12:17 PM, Nils Larsson wrote: > On Monday 20 June 2011 08:25:57 Mark Knecht wrote: >> Hi, >>    Is split an appropriate program to use to break a single 10GB file >> into 100 100MB files to transfer over the net using rsync, and then >> use cat to reassemble? >> >>    Is th

Re: [gentoo-user] Use split to break up a 10GB file binary?

2011-06-20 Thread Nils Larsson
On Monday 20 June 2011 08:25:57 Mark Knecht wrote: > Hi, >Is split an appropriate program to use to break a single 10GB file > into 100 100MB files to transfer over the net using rsync, and then > use cat to reassemble? > >Is there some better way to do this? Maybe not better, but you cou

Re: [gentoo-user] Use split to break up a 10GB file binary?

2011-06-20 Thread Mark Knecht
On Mon, Jun 20, 2011 at 10:48 AM, Allan Gottlieb wrote: > On Mon, Jun 20 2011, Paul Hartman wrote: > >> On Mon, Jun 20, 2011 at 10:25 AM, Mark Knecht wrote: >>> Hi, >>>   Is split an appropriate program to use to break a single 10GB file >>> into 100 100MB files to transfer over the net using rsy

Re: [gentoo-user] Use split to break up a 10GB file binary?

2011-06-20 Thread Michael Hampicke
> I was unsure whether rsync would restart where it left off or whether > it would start over from the beginning. It's one huge file so it would > be painful if it did the latter. This way I know my risk is at most > 100MB, or maybe 20MB if I break the original up into smaller pieces. check out th

Re: [gentoo-user] Use split to break up a 10GB file binary?

2011-06-20 Thread Allan Gottlieb
On Mon, Jun 20 2011, Paul Hartman wrote: > On Mon, Jun 20, 2011 at 10:25 AM, Mark Knecht wrote: >> Hi, >>   Is split an appropriate program to use to break a single 10GB file >> into 100 100MB files to transfer over the net using rsync, and then >> use cat to reassemble? > > I think it should wor

Re: [gentoo-user] Use split to break up a 10GB file binary?

2011-06-20 Thread Mark Knecht
On Mon, Jun 20, 2011 at 9:21 AM, Paul Hartman wrote: > On Mon, Jun 20, 2011 at 10:25 AM, Mark Knecht wrote: >> Hi, >>   Is split an appropriate program to use to break a single 10GB file >> into 100 100MB files to transfer over the net using rsync, and then >> use cat to reassemble? > > I think i

Re: [gentoo-user] Use split to break up a 10GB file binary?

2011-06-20 Thread Paul Hartman
On Mon, Jun 20, 2011 at 10:25 AM, Mark Knecht wrote: > Hi, >   Is split an appropriate program to use to break a single 10GB file > into 100 100MB files to transfer over the net using rsync, and then > use cat to reassemble? I think it should work just fine. I've split huge files into huge chunks

[gentoo-user] Use split to break up a 10GB file binary?

2011-06-20 Thread Mark Knecht
Hi, Is split an appropriate program to use to break a single 10GB file into 100 100MB files to transfer over the net using rsync, and then use cat to reassemble? Is there some better way to do this? Thanks, Mark