[wellylug] Partitioning [tar -M?]

[andrej at paradise.net.nz]

Quoting Jo Booth <thegeek at mangee.net.nz>:


> Use tar and the -M option to split the file across multiple "volumes" 
> in this case with each "volume" a different 4Gb file?
Wouldn't split (man split) be easier for this? :)
Doesn't require a windows-counterpart, a plain 
copy /b chunk1 + chunk2 +chunk3 whole_thing
should work (I *think* /b is the switch for binary in
DOS, can't remember for sure )