09-20-2009
read a compress file without decompressing it
If we have a zip file and we don't have enough space on the disk to unzip it but we want to be able to just read the file like if we can use cat without decompressing it. Is there a way we can do that? Like if we want
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zipsplit
zipnote(1) General Commands Manual zipnote(1)
NAME
zipsplit - split a zipfile into smaller zipfiles
SYNOPSIS
zipsplit [-t] [-i] [-p] [-s] [-n size] [-r room] [-b path] [-h] [-q] [-v] [-L] zipfile
ARGUMENTS
zipfile Zipfile to split.
OPTIONS
-t Report how many files it will take, but don't make them.
-i Make index (zipsplit.idx) and count its size against first zip file.
-n size
Make zip files no larger than "size" (default = 36000).
-r room
Leave room for "room" bytes on the first disk (default = 0).
-b path
Use path for the output zip files.
-p Pause between output zip files.
-s Do a sequential split even if it takes more zip files.
-h Show a short help.
-q Suppress some informational messages.
-v Show version information.
-L Show software license.
DESCRIPTION
zipsplit reads a zipfile and splits it into smaller zipfiles.
EXAMPLES
To be filled in.
BUGS
Does not yet support large (> 2 GB) or split archives.
SEE ALSO
zip(1), unzip(1)
AUTHOR
Info-ZIP
v3.0 of 8 May 2008 zipnote(1)