Re: problem with split

[Dr. David Alan Gilbert]

* John Joseph Bachir (address@hidden) wrote:
> it seems that on os x, split can only make files as big as 600 megs or
> so. here is the command i am using:
> 
> split -b4700m myFile.tar.gz myFile.tar.gz_ ;
> 
> Which should be about DVD sized chunks. But the files come out a
> little over 600 megs each.

I'd bet the problem here is the representation of '4700m';
I'm guessing the largest value is 2^32 (4 294 967 296)
That would be the same as -b 4096m I think, so I think
it has wrapped around and you have 4700-4096=~604M
files?

I suspect if you split at 2300m you should get something
sensible and put two on a disc.

Dave
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