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Old 04-17-2002
Disk-Spanning Zip/Tar-File

I don't know how to create a disk-spanning archive using UNIX. Could someone please help me out?

Last edited by mrosengarth; 04-23-2002 at 07:24 AM..
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Old 04-17-2002
Try check this place.
http://ei.cs.vt.edu/~cs1205/compression/other.html

Also do a man gzip or gunzip. Give a try Do post back.
 
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