Re: [NMOSUG-L] bzip2split

On Sun, 2008-12-21 at 13:23 -0700, Kelly Jones wrote:
> Can I split a large (4G+) bzip2 file into smaller bzip2 files? Notes:
> 
>  % Obviously, 'split' won't work for 2 reasons:
> 
>   % Each chunk won't have the BZIP2 header
> 
>   % 'split' will cut the file inside a bzip2 "block", rendering the
>   first/last blocks of each file unreadable.

Decompress it, split it, then compress it. You can do this as a
streaming operation.

(For bonus points use lzma instead of bzip2.)

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