How do I split a .zip file into multiple segments?
I have all the command line utils installed, and need to split an existing .zip (or) new file(s) into (50MB) .zip segments in Terminal.
i.e. Folder X = 900MB > Create self extracting .zip archive > Split .zip archive into 50MB Segments (i.e. Folder.X.001.zip)
According to the man page here are the commands:
Copyright (c) 1990-2008 Info-ZIP - Type 'zip "-L"' for software license.
Zip 3.0 (July 5th 2008). Usage:
zip [-options] [-b path] [-t mmddyyyy] [-n suffixes] [zipfile list] [-xi list] The default action is to add or replace zipfile entries from list, which can include the special name - to compress standard input. If zipfile and list are omitted, zip compresses stdin to stdout. -f freshen: only changed files -u update: only changed or new files -d delete entries in zipfile -m move into zipfile (delete OS files) -r recurse into directories -j junk (don't record) directory names -0 store only -l convert LF to CR LF (-ll CR LF to LF) -1 compress faster -9 compress better -q quiet operation -v verbose operation/print version info -c add one-line comments -z add zipfile comment -@ read names from stdin -o make zipfile as old as latest entry -x exclude the following names -i include only the following names -F fix zipfile (-FF try harder) -D do not add directory entries -A adjust self-extracting exe -J junk zipfile prefix (unzipsfx) -T test zipfile integrity -X eXclude eXtra file attributes -y store symbolic links as the link instead of the referenced file -e encrypt -n don't compress these suffixes -h2 show more helpwith -h2 I get:
Splits (archives created as a set of split files): -s ssize create split archive with splits of size ssize, where ssize nm n number and m multiplier (kmgt, default m), 100k -> 100 kB -sp pause after each split closed to allow changing disks WARNING: Archives created with -sp use data descriptors and should work with most unzips but may not work with some -sb ring bell when pause -sv be verbose about creating splits Split archives CANNOT be updated, but see --out and Copy Mode below.....
Using --out (output to new archive): --out oa output to new archive oa Instead of updating input archive, create new output archive oa. Result is same as without --out but in new archive. Input archive unchanged. WARNING: --out ALWAYS overwrites any existing output file For example, to create new_archive like old_archive but add newfile1 and newfile2: zip old_archive newfile1 newfile2 --out new_archive Cannot update split archive, so use --out to out new archive: zip in_split_archive newfile1 newfile2 --out out_split_archive If input is split, output will default to same split size Use -s=0 or -s- to turn off splitting to convert split to single file: zip in_split_archive -s 0 --out out_single_file_archive WARNING: If overwriting old split archive but need less splits, old splits not overwritten are not needed but remain3 Answers
You have existing.zip but want to split it into 50M sized parts.
zip existing.zip --out new.zip -s 50mwill create
new.zip
new.z01
new.z02
new.z03
....To extract them, you should first collect the files together and run zip -F new.zip --out existing.zip or zip -s0 new.zip --out existing.zip, to recreate your existing.zip. Then you can simply unzip existing.zip.
You'd expect unzip new.zip would work, but unfortunately it's not implemented
warning [new.zip]: zipfile claims to be last disk of a multi-part archive; attempting to process anyway, assuming all parts have been concatenated together in order. Expect "errors" and warnings...true multi-part support doesn't exist yet (coming soon).and in my tests, concatenating the parts as it suggests, i.e. with cat, and running unzip, failed to extract all my files.
4This is what works for me:
zip -s 50m new.zip big.isoFor 50MG parts
new.zip
new.z01
new.z02
...Create chuncks of 3G with this (good for puting large files on a FAT32 disk)
zip -s 3g new.zip big.isoNew Mac OSs extract these files when double clicking the new.zip file
3I had to use Unarchiver to extract the resulting multipart ZIP file as well, but oddly, it recreated the original path to the zip file. e.g. I originally created the archive here:
/Volumes/External HD/Test Folder/my-multipart-archive-parts.zip
And copied all parts of the archive to here:
~/Desktop/Test Folder/
When I used Unarchiver to extract the files, it created this:
~/Desktop/Test Folder/Volumes/External HD/Test Folder/my-multipart-archive.zip
Very odd...
