Hi maurice...


This is the split that had a clear 2GB limit:

K:\YT>split --version
split (GNU textutils) 2.0
Written by Torbjorn Granlund and Richard M. Stallman.

Copyright (C) 1999 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

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Hej Aug!

This is the split that had a clear 2GB limit:

K:\YT>split --version
split (GNU textutils) 2.0

I haven't seen the textutils version in AGES now. It has been part of coreutils for at least a decade, probably more.

<Esc>:read !split --version
split (GNU coreutils) 9.5
Copyright (C) 2024 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <https://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>. This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.

Written by Torbjörn Granlund and Richard M. Stallman.

Het leven is goed,
Maurice

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Hello Maurice!

K:\YT>split --version
split (GNU textutils) 2.0

I haven't seen the textutils version in AGES now. It has been part of coreutils for at least a decade, probably more.

<Esc>:read !split --version
split (GNU coreutils) 9.5
Copyright (C) 2024 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later

split started to be a requirement when I needed a command-line
way to break up a 7GB media .iso file suitable to transport on
a usb drive from my windows-based machines.

Would be nice to use a more uptodate split.exe for windows, but
split.exe 2.0 was workable when I learned (by trial and error)
what the limit was.

Meanwhile, I am very happy to see that Busybox split has no
noticeable limit for the -b parameter.

That, and the ability to do piping like:

tar | gpg | split


..luv it!



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Hej August!

split started to be a requirement when I needed a command-line
way to break up a 7GB media .iso file suitable to transport on
a usb drive from my windows-based machines.

Ah! That would explain the need, although these days it is becoming hard to find usb drives less than 8G.

Would be nice to use a more uptodate split.exe for windows

The latest I could find was part of a coreutils 5.0 collection which puts it around 2003 as far as the gnu release of that version. textutils-2.0 ws released in late 1999. That is roughly +24 years ago.

Meanwhile, I am very happy to see that Busybox split has no
noticeable limit for the -b parameter.

I would definetly go with the busybox version as that is vastly more up to date.

That, and the ability to do piping like:

For sure. I use pipes all the time.

Het leven is goed,
Maurice

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On 16 Sep. 2024 02:43, you wrote to August:

split started to be a requirement when I needed a command-line
way to break up a 7GB media .iso file suitable to transport on
a usb drive from my windows-based machines.

Ah! That would explain the need, although these days it is becoming hard to find usb drives less than 8G.

The problem was that my usb drives needed to be FAT formated. My media player (which is about 10 yrs old now) only supports usb drives that are FAT formatted.


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Hej August!

The problem was that my usb drives needed to be FAT formated. My
media player (which is about 10 yrs old now) only supports usb
drives that are FAT formatted.

I've run across this issue many, many times. It makes me happy that I never bought one of those when they were all the rage. These days I am more likely to run into people having issues with playing mpegs and the such that are incompatible with Apple media software. I have yet to run across one of them that has issues with FAT formatted usb disks.

The more I run across these types of issues, the more I pat myself on the back with sticking with Linux all this time. I seriously doubt I could just pick it up nowadays as it took me decades to reach where I am now. Learning all this now would be impossible for me.

I can appreciate your want for a suitable split. The busybox one looks to be the winner in your situation although a properly modern gnu one would have been the best of all, were it a reality.

<Esc>:read !file /usr/bin/split
/usr/bin/split: ELF 64-bit LSB pie executable, x86-64, version 1 (SYSV), dynamically linked, interpreter /lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2, for GNU/Linux 4.19.0, stripped

Gotta love it. :-)

Het leven is goed,
Maurice

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