Re: Need help splitting a directory

[Rob Bogus <rob23@tmr.com>]

_N4R3N_ wrote:

> hi
>
>
> I want to split a directory in to two sub directories
>
> If my home dir is 1000 Mb I can't write it completely on one cd
>
> So i want to split it in to two directories namely
>
> 1)naren.bak.1
> 2)naren.bak.2
>
> so that my /home/naren directory will be split in to two temporary 
>
> directories ..
>
>
> so that i can write the images of thus formed using "mkisofs ...." 
>
> on two cdroms
>
> and afterwards i also need help how do i combine them again.
>
> so that after copying two backup directories from the cdrom 
>
> naren.bak.1 and naren.bak.2 in to
> /tmp directory I want to combine this 
>
> two to make it again one directory say "naren" 
>
> How do i do this 
>
>  
I won't say this is the best thing to do, but the simple solution is 
links. Create as many subdirectories as you need, filled with links to 
the appropriate files, then back up each to a CD.

I have some tools which help with this, but until I find time to get my 
ftp server back up I have no easy way to release them. I use that as 
motivation to get to rebuilding the server ;-)

--
E. Robert Bogusta
 It seemed like a good idea at the time