Re: Split files

On Thursday 24 January 2002 20:46, DL Neil wrote: > > > > Making any sense? > > > > > > Year, so I have to do it manually (thought someone could preveting me > > > from reinvent the wheel... ;-) > > > > > > > What are you really trying to achieve? > > > > > > I'm trying to split a large binary file (>2 GB) into peaces of 700 MB > > > to burn it on a cd. It's a part of a backup-mechanism I'm wirting in > > > PHP. > > > > Maybe you could find a program that will do the split for you then call > > that from within PHP. > > =Hmm, I'm still come at it from the other way around (all due respect to > Jason) - but then I don't recall OpSys details, or know if there is a > utility/tool for the job in your choice of OpSys. Well unless it's a *really* obscure OS I'm sure there must be some readily available file splitter utility. No point doing more work than necessary by writing your own file splitting routine :) -- Jason Wong -> Gremlins Associates -> www.gremlins.com.hk /* Bugs, pl. n.: Small living things that small living boys throw on small living girls. */