zipsplit - Man Page
split a zipfile into smaller zipfiles
Examples (TL;DR)
- Split Zip archive into parts that are no larger than 36000 bytes (36 MB):
zipsplit path/to/archive.zip
- Use a given [n]umber of bytes as the part limit:
zipsplit -n size path/to/archive.zip
- [p]ause between the creation of each part:
zipsplit -p -n size path/to/archive.zip
- Output the smaller Zip archives into a given directory:
zipsplit -b path/to/output_directory -n size path/to/archive.zip
Synopsis
zipsplit [-t] [-i] [-p] [-s] [-n size] [-r room] [-b path] [-h] [-q] [-v] [-L] zipfile
Arguments
zipfile Zipfile to split.
Options
- -t
Report how many files it will take, but don't make them.
- -i
Make index (zipsplit.idx) and count its size against first zip file.
- -n size
Make zip files no larger than "size" (default = 36000).
- -r room
Leave room for "room" bytes on the first disk (default = 0).
- -b path
Use path for the output zip files.
- -p
Pause between output zip files.
- -s
Do a sequential split even if it takes more zip files.
- -h
Show a short help.
- -q
Suppress some informational messages.
- -v
Show version information.
- -L
Show software license.
Description
zipsplit reads a zipfile and splits it into smaller zipfiles.
Examples
To be filled in.
Bugs
Does not yet support large (> 2 GB) or split archives.
See Also
Author
Info-ZIP
Info
v3.0 of 8 May 2008