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Old 08-16-2010
need help archive script
Hi all,
I am new to linux and scripting so please forgive me. I need to create a script that will archive files but the max size of the archive need to be 500mb or under. I know about the archiving with parts but i want all the archives as individual archives. Can anyone point me in the correct direction?
# 2  
Old 08-16-2010
Could you be more explicit?
What do you call archive?
If archive for you, is just to "archive" a file (Im referring to your words:<<i want all the archives as individual archives..>>) "as" I want a spare copy elsewhere it seems useless to use any archive tool for they create an archive file containing numerous files...
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Old 08-16-2010
split can cut files into pieces.
Man Page for split (Linux Section 1) - The UNIX and Linux Forums
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Old 08-16-2010
sorry here are more details.

I have multiple folder with thousands of file anywhere from 300mb -2gb in size. I want to put them into rar or zip files however each rar or zip can only be 500mb max.

currently I am manually selecting the files up to 500mb and then adding them into a rar file. Needless to say this is taking ridicules amounts of time.
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Old 08-16-2010
Found this in the man zip
Quote:
-s splitsize
--split-size splitsize
Enable creating a split archive and set the split size. A split archive is an archive that could be split over many
files. As the archive is created, if the size of the archive reaches the specified split size, that split is closed and
the next split opened. In general all splits but the last will be the split size and the last will be whatever is left.
If the entire archive is smaller than the split size a single-file archive is created.
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Old 08-16-2010
in creating the split if you don't have all of the pieces you are unable to unrar the files. That is why I need them to be in separate archives.
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Old 08-16-2010
  • Are all files in same directory?
  • Are there subdirectories?
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