Sometimes simple is better. File Roller wouldn’t create a multipart no matter what i tried so I turned to cli for a solution, and found it with 7z.
In this case I need to archive a 1.2GB iso file to a four part archive, with a volume size of 300mb. I didn’t delve into all the intricacies of what 7z can do, just the basics.
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7z a -t7z -v300M output.7z input.iso |
This produced four files:
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output.7z.001 output.7z.002 output.7z.003 output.7z.004 |
Breakdown:
| 7z: | calls the program |
| a: | creates an archive |
| -t7z: | selects 7z as the archive type (there are others) |
| -v300M: | tells 7z to create 300mb archive parts |
| output and input files should be obvious. You could replace the input file with a directory! |
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man 7z |
will give more detail on options