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- ZIPSPLIT Split Utility for PKZIP (tm) Version 1.1 02-08-91
-
- FreeWare (C) 1990-1991 Jon Harald Holm
-
-
-
- ZipSplit split ZIP files into smaller ZIP files. This is useful when taking
- backup of large ZIP files onto diskettes.
-
- ZipSplit is FreeWare. Anyone is allowed to use ZipSplit for free. You don't
- have to pay me anything! Please distribute ZipSplit as the original ZIP file
- and take no more than a nominal charge for handling only.
-
- Do you have any comments?
-
- My address: Jon Harald Holm
- Studpost 82, NTH
- 7034 Trondheim
- Norway
-
- Email: jonhar@solan.unit.no
-
-
-
-
- Files in the package:
- ---------------------
-
- zipsplit.exe The split programme.
- zipsplit.doc This file!
- zipspl30.pif PIF file for Microsoft Windows 3.0
- zipspl21.pif PIF file for Microsoft Windows 2.1
-
-
- Installation:
- -------------
-
- You can copy the files anywhere you like. ZipSplit don't need any environment
- variables.
-
- If you want to use a PIF file, remember to edit the 'Program Filename' in the
- PIF Editor. I recommend you rename the PIF file to ZIPSPLIT.PIF.
-
-
- Usage:
- ------
-
- If you just type zipsplit ('Enter'), you will get this:
-
- ----------------------------------------------------------------
- ZIPSPLIT Split Utility for PKZIP (tm) Version 1.1 02-08-91
- FreeWare (C) 1990-1991 Jon Harald Holm ZIPSPLIT for help
-
- Usage: ZIPSPLIT source[.ZIP] target [size|disk]
-
- source = name of file to split
- target = target filename
- size = split size in kB
- disk = one of the predefined disk sizes; D360 D1.2 D720 D1.4
- ----------------------------------------------------------------
-
- Maybe this is not enough help in the beginning, so I will explain each argument
- in detail.
-
- source:
- This is the source filename. If you don't include any extension, ZipSplit
- assumes the extension to be ZIP. The filename may include wildcards.
-
- target:
- This is the name you want to give your split files. Each split file will get a
- number in the end of the filename to distinguish them from each other. Your
- name will be truncated to give room for this number if necessary. If you don't
- include any extension, ZipSplit will add ZIP.
-
- size:
- If you use this argument, then you can't use the 'disk' argument. 'size' is a
- number which indicate the size in kB of each split file.
-
- disk:
- This is just a predefined size. It is used to split in sizes which fits
- exactly onto diskettes, e.g. you want to store the files on 3.5" HD diskettes,
- then you choose D1.4 as argument.
-
- If you don't give 'size' or 'disk', then all available space on the target disk
- will be used.
-
- When the target disk don't have any more space, you will be prompted to change
- disk or you may type in another target disk letter.
-
-
- Examples:
- ---------
-
- I will give two examples to remove any doubts about the use of ZipSplit.
-
- 1) Split the file to the C drive in chunks that fits 720 kB diskettes:
-
- -------------------------------------------------------------
- C:\TOOLS>zipsplit c:\test test d720
-
- ZIPSPLIT Split Utility for PKZIP (tm) Version 1.1 02-08-91
- FreeWare (C) 1990-1991 Jon Harald Holm ZIPSPLIT for help
-
- Searching ZIP: C:\TEST.ZIP - Test ZIP file of 1137150 bytes
- 1) TEST1.ZIP
- Size: 730070 Fill: 100%
- 2) TEST2.ZIP
- Size: 407151 Fill: 55%
- -------------------------------------------------------------
-
-
- 2) Split the file to the diskettes in the A and B drive:
-
- -------------------------------------------------------------
- C:\TOOLS>zipsplit c:\t* a:test
-
- ZIPSPLIT Split Utility for PKZIP (tm) Version 1.1 02-08-91
- FreeWare (C) 1990-1991 Jon Harald Holm ZIPSPLIT for help
-
- Searching ZIP: C:\TEST.ZIP - Test ZIP file of 1137150 bytes
- 1) A:TEST1.ZIP
- Size: 730070 Fill: 100%
-
- Not enough space on target disk!
- Change diskette and press 'Enter' when ready,
- or enter the name of a new target disk => b
-
- 2) B:TEST2.ZIP
- Size: 353239 Fill: 99%
-
- Not enough space on target disk!
- Change diskette and press 'Enter' when ready,
- or enter the name of a new target disk => ('Enter')
-
- 3) B:TEST3.ZIP
- Size: 53983 Fill: 14%
- -------------------------------------------------------------
-
-
- Miscellaneous:
- --------------
-
- ZipSplit can't split ZIP files to whatever size you want. This is because each
- file inside the ZIP file must be in one file. If you want to split into
- 100 kB files, and one file in the ZIP file is 110 kB then one split file will
- be bigger than 100 kB. Ref. "Program messages" below.
-
- ZipSplit will store the largest file in a ZIP file first. If you split to
- diskette and don't use any size argument, use the diskettes with largest free
- space first.
-
- The 'Fill' message after each ZIP file indicate how many percent of the given
- size (rounded up to nearest 1024) have been used. Did you not give any size,
- this percentage indicates how much of the disk free space you have used.
-
- If you add the sizes of the split files, you will see that it is larger than
- the size of the original file. This is because each split file is a ZIP file,
- and includes the ZIP format data.
-
-
- Program messages:
- -----------------
-
- * Not enough space on target disk!
- Change diskette and press 'Enter' when ready,
- or enter the name of a new target disk =>
-
- The target disk is full! Is it a diskette then you change diskette and press
- 'Enter'. Otherwise you can type in a new drive letter and press 'Enter'.
-
-
- * Can't be made smaller
-
- The ZIP file include a file which is larger than the size given.
- (See miscellaneous.)
-
-
- * ERROR: File <file> not found.
-
- ZipSplit can't find the source file. Check if the path is correct spelt!
-
-
- * ERROR: Undefined argument size.
-
- The last argument on the commandline can't be recognized as a number or as a
- predefined disk size.
-
-
- * ERROR: <file> is not a ZIP file.
-
- The source file can't be recognised to have the ZIP format.
- ZipSplit can only split ZIP files, but the extension don't have to be ZIP!
-
-
- * ERROR: Not enough memory.
-
- The amount of memory ZipSplit uses depend on the number of files in the ZIP
- file (not the size of the ZIP file). If you get this error message, then I
- suggest you manually split the file in two (pkunzip, pkzip) and then use
- ZipSplit.
-
-
- * ERROR: Can't open file <file>.
-
- ZipSplit can't open the source file! ZipSplit reads the source file twice.
- You get this message if you remove the source file after it was located the
- first time.
-
-
- * ERROR: Target disk failed.
-
- ZipSplit can't estimate the free space on the target disk. Something must be
- wrong about the disk!
-
-
- * ERROR: Can't create file <file>
-
- ZipSplit can't create the target file.
-
-
- * ERROR: Can't close <file>
-
- ZipSplit can't close the target file.
-