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7.14. How do I split up large binary files into smaller 240k files like the distribution does?

Newer BSD based systems have a ``-b'' option to split that allows them to split files on arbitary byte bondaries.

Here is an example from /usr/src/Makefile.

            bin-tarball:
            (cd ${DISTDIR}; \
            tar cf - . \
            gzip --no-name -9 -c | \
            split -b 240640 - \
            ${RELEASEDIR}/tarballs/bindist/bin_tgz.)

Frequently Asked Questions for FreeBSD 2.X : Miscellaneous Questions : How do I split up large binary files into smaller 240k files like the distribution does?
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