[wellylug] Partitioning [tar -M?]

[Jo Booth]

On 1/05/2006, at 13:55 , E.Chalaron wrote:

>> Would it be possible to split an "archive" of the file -- rather than
>> exporting several shorter movies? Might be simpler than re- 
>> formatting?
>
> For me yes, for the end user (in this particular case) ...  
> unrealistic :-)
> But I keep the - M option in mind for other people.
>
> Thanks a lot
> E

It's been a while since i've used it, but i'm wondering if something  
like "WinZIP" can unpack tar archives. I remember using it to store  
files across multiple floppy disks...
It may be simpler than using tar on the windows command line for some  
end users.

-Jo.