Re: Alternative to rar split files?

On 2007-10-30, Luca <sirbumpalot-10-07@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
David Bolt wrote:

I mentioned copy because you mentioned whether Windows users could
rejoin the files. They're commands entered at the "DOS" prompt.

See, this I didn't get. So people could use the command prompt on Win...
good to know, for me. Unfortunately, this may not be user-friendly
enough (read: absolutely foolproof enough). Remember: most people have
no experience whatsoever with command lines, and they're afraid of using
them - probably better that way...

So give them the batch file that will do it for them.
Simple instructions: put all files (including the batch) in the same dir.
Double-clic on the batch.

To make the batch, just create a file called 'glue.cmd', and put the line:
copy /b part1.dat+part2.dat+part3.dat+part4.dat total.dat
.... in it. That's how simple it is.

But using RAR is even better. :-)


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