Subj : DOS file splitting
To   : paulie420
From : xqtr
Date : Tue Jul 25 2023 19:09:07

 pa> Anyone know of DOS [and/or current Linux/windows/macos counterparts] softw
 pa> that splits files; or .ZIPs?? I might of just answered my own question, as
 pa> know the .ARJ format allows for .A01, .A02, etc - maybe I'll look at ARJ. 
 pa> Lulz... think it thru, Paulie.

For what i remember from my DOS days :) you can use PKZIP with the span option, ARJ as you mentioned and dedicated split programs. One of them is Split for DOS.

http://www.sharewarejunkies.com/8s3/splitdos.htm

Whatever way you use, the important thing is to remember how you split the files, so you find the way to join them after. ARJ and PKZIP are a very good way to split/join, as you can figure the what you used, even from the file extension and also check the file/process, during split/join.

On the other hand the DOS utilities you may find, just break the binary file into parts and you can rejoin them even with a simple copy command like:

copy /b file1+file2+file3 file

But you risk corrupting the file(s) as even a small mistake in the command syntax may broke/corrupt the file.

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