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8/6 Are there any windows program that would split files/directories
by certain size? Let's say I have a few directories containing
5gb of data. Any programs that would group them into 700mb
chunks (pick files until they get to 700mb, then begin next
chunk) so that I can burn them onto CD? DVD is not an option,
I want to know if there are ways to break them into chunks...
something that may works with nero perhaps. thanks.
\_ burntothebrim? http://bttb.sourceforge.net
\_ this application failed to start because wnaspi32.dll was not
found.....? wth? this is windows xp...
\_ Do you have ASPI drivers for your CD drives?
\_ This is my work computer, maybe that's why. will try
again at home. thanks.
\_ http://bttb.sourceforge.net/Help/bttb_faq.html
\_ Try http://downloads.com in the CD management section. Programs like this
were written a long time ago for floppies. I've seen the same thing
for CDs.
\_ Here's a DOS app I wrote several years ago: ~yuen/temp/bsplit.zip.
You can unzip and run the .com or the .exe, or you can compile the
.c yourself if you worry about viruses. --- yuen
\_ install cygwin, then use tar and split
\_ this is too much trouble. I need my cd to be able to use as is
with the minimum amount of software needed. No one that I'll
be giving the CD to understands what a tar file is. ;)
In case you are wondering, I need to burn those jpg files on to
CDs and give to relatives.
\_ WinZip can open tar files, they don't need to understand
anything.
\_ zip supports multivolume archives. you can just create a big
archive where each piece is about 700 MB. winzip should be able to
extract them. |
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| bttb.sourceforge.net/Help/bttb_faq.html Burn To The Brim Help Frequently Asked Questions Q: What are groups? A: Files/folders which BTTB keeps together to be burned on 1 CD. This way you don't lose any parts of multi-part files, for example, and can keep an artists' files together. slack size, chances are the files left won't fill the CD as well as you have requested (say 1 MB slackspace while due to bad fitting file sizes perhaps 5 MB may be needed). Set the slack size to the medium size if you want to prevent this. Q: Why would I let BTTB search longer after a perfect solution has been found? A: BTTB tries to minimize the number of files/folders needed to fill the CD. As there will be more 'pieces of the puzzle' left, it's more likely the next CDs can also be filled. A: Although its current main focus is CDs (as you can tell by the language in the program and helpfile), BTTB can be used for any media, not just flat CDs. Q: Why doesn't BTTB split my large files so they fit on one CD ? A: BTTB isn't meant for CD's alone, so splitting to size a file for 1 CD would be illogical. |
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