BackupPC-users

Re: [BackupPC-users] opening archive files in windows

2008-06-10 04:14:42
Subject: Re: [BackupPC-users] opening archive files in windows
From: Evren Yurtesen <yurtesen AT ispro DOT net>
To: backuppc-users AT lists.sourceforge DOT net
Date: Tue, 10 Jun 2008 11:09:26 +0300
Tino Schwarze wrote:
> On Sun, Jun 08, 2008 at 10:11:04PM +0300, Evren Yurtesen wrote:
> 
>> I have created an bzip2 archive with split and it is in 2 files. However I 
>> couldnt open the archive using winrar or 7zip. It looks like they are not 
>> continuing from the 2nd file. How can I open an archive which is split on 
>> windows?
> 
> Simply put them back together. Split only does a binary split of a file.
> You could either use some tool like Total Commander or similar or simply
> the command prompt:
> 
> copy /b part1 + part2 wholefile.bz2
> 
> might work, I'm not sure though.
> 
> Tino.
> 
> PS: You couldn't "open" the parts on linux either, you'd need to
> concatenate them, e.g. cat part1 part2 | bunzip2 > uncompressedfile
> 

I see, so I can use something like this...
http://www.fauland.com/af7.htm

But it is quite painful to transfer all the files to hard drive then merge and 
then open something out :(

Anyway, thanks,
Evren


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