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Re: [work around] Re: size problem of large file transfer over https



On Thu, Mar 26, 2009 at 01:27:27PM -0400, H.S. wrote:
> Well, I split the tar file to smaller chunks of 680M each (using the
> split command).
> $> split -d -b 680M /tmp/datafile.tar  datfile
...
> The only problem is that the remote user uses Windows and will need a
> method to join them together back to the tar file. In Linux, one would
> just cat them together. In Windows, I have searched google and found the
> following will work on a command prompt:
> copy /b datfile* datafile.tar /b
> 
> where datfilenn are the split files. This was from:
> http://elliottback.com/wp/combine-split-files-in-windows/

just be sure that the * expands to the names of the files in the
right order!  if it's just a few, i'd play it safe and just list
'em in the right order.

--Rob*

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